" $ 5 6 " - * 5 4 r / & 8 4 ROCKLAND HOMEOWNERS UPSET ABOUT LAND PLANNING DECISION
CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca
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Several residents are concerned that Clarence-Rockland council isn’t doing its due diligence regarding a planning issue involving a local business. Residents of Ramage Road and Dubois Street in Rockland are concerned that recent decisions regarding G&M Auto Sales hint at bias in the City of Clarence-Rockland council. The issue started in 2018, when G&M purchased a Rural Residential (RR) lot across the street from its dealership along County Road 17 and filed a request to rezone it as Commercial (CU). Clarence-Rockland’s Planning Department recommended the change be approved, but residents were concerned because there was no site plan, no description of the buildings to be erected, and no environmental study done on the impact to the watershed the property is on. A site plan and building description are not necessary for a zoning change application. As for the watershed, The Vision emailed UIF4PVUI/BUJPO$POTFSWBUJPO"VUIPSJUZ 4/$ GPSDMBSJàDBUJPO4/$PGàDJBMTTUBUFE that although they reviewed the zoning by-law amendment applications for 322 Ramage Road, both the original one from 2017 and the current one from 2021, no comments XFSFQSPWJEFECZ UIF4/$ UPDPVODJM5IF site does not have any municipal source QSPUFDUJPOBSFBTPSPUIFSGFBUVSFTUIBU4/$ would comment on, although G&M Auto Sales did previously receive a septic permit GSPNUIF4/$ Two residents that live across Dubois Street from the lot, Gordon Grahame and Roger Cross, were also concerned that their property values would be affected by having a car dealership in front of their homes, and previous Clarence-Rockland mayor Guy Desjardins agreed on a compromise. G&M was granted a temporary permit to park surplus vehicles on the lot for three years, and Grahame and Cross requested that a fence be put up “so they did not have to look at [the] parked cars when they looked out their front windows”. Council agreed with this as well, and a fence was erected on the property along Dubois Street. On August 7 2021, council denied a request from G&M to rezone the lot as Rural-exception 5 (RU-5), citing residential concerns of visual impact and stormwater management. G&M appealed the decision with some changes to its plan, and council
Le terrain situé en face de G&M fait l’objet d’un débat animé entre les résidents et le comité d’urbanisme. —photo Christopher Smith
The Vision left an email request with city hall for comment on the issue.
to protect residents and their rights apply to other residents but, for some reason, we have no rights.”
ENCORE UN SUCCÈS, CETTE ANNÉE, POUR LA VENTE DE BISCUITS SOURIRE DU TIM HORTONS DE ROCKLAND. ANOTHER SUCCESS THIS YEAR, FOR THE SALE OF SMILE COOKIE FROM THE TIM HORTON OF ROCKLAND.
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De gauche à droite on reconnaît sur la photo le propriétaire du Tim Hortons de Rockland M. Yves Paris, la responsable de la banque alimentaire de Rockland Gisèle Leclair, le président du centre d’aide de Rockland M. André Perras et la gérante du Tim Hortons Mme. Tabitha Casarin. Sur la photo on peut voir M. Yves Paris qui remet un chèque au montant de 9,128$ Un mot de M. Yves Paris. Nous sommes une entreprise locale de plus de 24 ans, composée de personnes de la région, et nous aimons donner à notre communauté. Another success this year for the Tim Hortons Rockland smile cookie sale. From left to right you can see the owner of the Rockland Tim Hortons, Mr. Yves Paris, the person in charge of the Rockland Food Bank, Gisèle Leclair, the president of the Rockland Help Center, Mr. André Perras and the manager of the Tim Hortons, Mrs. Tabitha Casarin. In the picture you can see Mr. Yves Paris handing over a cheque in the amount of $9,128. A word from Mr. Yves Paris We are a 24+ year old local business made up of local people and we love giving back to our community.
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