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Volume 75. No. 19

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Tony and Donna Ziegler, Elmer and
Donna Ottenbrett explained thelr
, problems with the regional district to

All tied up in red tape oe

"gy BRIAN GREGG
“Herald Stafl Weiter
Elmer and Donna Ot

~ tenbrett, of Thornhill, find

that their plans to Improve
and develop their property

i Cee by
Shes tascrasted  peren of
When the Ottenbretis

tought their property in

July of 1980 from Tony and

. Donita Ziegler there was a .
ratty old trailer and a 900-

square foot house that
needed a lot of im-
provements on the

property. A legal: three

months nollce was needed
to get thelr former tenants ©

olf the property; and the
Ottenbratts decided to
built a: 1,05¢-equare-foot

house on ‘the property
because they had gold their
former home and needed a
place to live. ‘To get B.C.

Hydro hook-up they were.-
required to go to the.
- fegional district and obtain -.

“bouse numbers, ‘which they.
did.

During thé construction
of their new home a man
from the regional district

came to their house and ©

sald the Ottenbretts could
be charged with breaking a
bylaw if they rented the
900-square-foot house,

They did not want to break |

the bylaw and so they have
not rented the other house.

’ Ottenbrett saya he would |

have needed two months to

fix the. cther howe up .
before it could be ready for
"peat because it needs a lot -
of renovations. He decided

that since he could not rent

it anyway there waa 4D

point in making. im-
provements. -

The 24 acres of land

- gwned by the Ottenbretts is

situated on two levels with

a gully providing e natural

- boundary between the two

" geres. “The property is
presently: zoned high

detaity rural, which means

ee re

the Daily Heald Tuesday. The house « on
the left is the 900 square foot house and on the lower acre of the property.

GOING | AROUND IN CIRCLES

cannot be subdivided below
two acres, The Oltenbretts
approached the regional
district to have the land
reconed to residential 50
they could at least have it
divided: into two: one-acre

Property.

_ Since they first made.
application for rezoning the -
- Ottedbretts have been

treated. fo an Alice in

- Wonderland approach to —
“thelr application by just

4

about every level of the
regional district: .

They have found that.

‘there is .a development
moratorium in Thornhill.

that turas out to be |

something that the regional’

district uses when | it.

doran't want: development
to occur in certain areas,

‘Ilke the Bench area in
Thornhill.

People presently are
building any kind of
structure they want

because they don'tneed a -

building permit. We don’t
agree’ with’ the’ regional

" district board that a bylaw ‘4
or should also b

‘7
eatchers,"" say the Ot-
tenbretts. ~

_ No

plans:

for
future.

| sewer

system

‘The Otténbretts wonder

. ‘why the regional district

They have discovered \

from reading the 1977
Théerohill - Engineering
stutly that the regional
district prefers ‘to see: in-

appears to be against their
application for. rezoning

aince it means that thelr —

‘ property would increase
‘ from a tax base of $47,000 to

filling and expansion in the
more established area. —

below the Bench and
therefore puts little
priority on settlement, on
the Bench,

* "The Ottenbretis estiniate | *

that there are 1,368 people
living on the Bench; but,
according to the 1579

Thornhill Official . Set-

tlement Plan study. <not
rathfled). that. regional
planners ‘estimate that

there, are only 850 people '

Ilving ‘in ‘that, area. The

study projects that by 1990-:
there- will only; be 1,200. .
people on the Berith arid by -

2000 there will only be 1,400
people,

“We are for orderly 7
developruent on the Bench

in conjunction ‘with

enforcement along. ; ha

building, inspector ss the -

bylaw enforcement officer.

a tax base of $226,000. They
also wonder why. the
regional district ‘does not

want growth on the Bench
Thornhill |

since the
Engineering atudy shows
that the Bench area is an
excellent percolation test
site while some of the infill

aréas below the Bench are ~

poor or fair pereatation best
altes.

The property along ‘Old-

Lakelse Lake Road from
Thornhil} Road to Thornhill
Creek are xoned high
‘density rutaland residents
want it, zoned residential
because they are willing to
develop the wroperti¢n

dards, ;
Another curious feature

of the settlement, plan for

the Bench area is there are

0 plans for a future sewer

system, which means that

''yural designation,

ina ;
manner that Is above.
Canadian Mortgage ard:
Housing (CMHC) stan-,

developers cannot build.

anything . larger than &

duplex.

One’ réagon for the.

regional district's {allure to.
bee the rapid growth oe the wo
+15 yeara while the owner

the one on the rlaht Is Is thelr new home

"dling. some commercial

_iproperty ‘at the corner of
* Old Lakelse Lake Road and
Thombill Road.

The
regional | district sees a
minimal located there in

: #B
subdivision,

, The Bench residents: get

“their: water from the .

‘Woodlands Water Utility, a

private enterprise. - :
"Woodlands Utility wai

~ ‘started in 1963 and has been
a bohafide water system:

" paid for by Tony Ziegler.

Like the regional district's
water syitem it comes

. woder provincial.‘govern-

ment control. and all ite
rates must be approved by
Victorla.

According: to the 1979...

; Thornhill Ares Water
Master Plan the regional
district's.

- systems within
boundaries of Thormhill
should be owaed ‘and
. operated by the regional
‘ district." it further states
that it will, buy -Ziegler's
system for $1, which he is
not willing to do because he
has too much Invested in It
- and he ls not willlng to give
it away... -

The Ottenbretts ap .

proached the Thornhill
Advisory Planning Com-

mission about having their _

property rezoned. Shortly
after presenting their

application to: the co.

mmission they received a
letter which sald that the
Ottenbretta agreed that
their parcel remain in its.
“We

don’t want that,..we want it
residential...if we had

wanted it to remain in its:

rural designation we would
have withdrawn our ap-
‘plication, not presented it
to the. commission,” they
. Say,

The Ottenbretts are also
concerned with the way the the
regional district is han

planners -
“recommend that ail water -
“the |
. Talatra, alao a

from

At the regional district
board meeting am-.
mendments to the Thoe-.

bhill Settlement Plan were —
brought forward for third ©
reading. “One ofthe am-.

mendments says that

"should the parcel be sub-

divided, only sites fronting
onto Old: Lakelse Lake
Road should be designated
for neighborhood. com-
mercial use. That means
that the ownérs, who have -
apparently nat been con-
tacted about the changes,
will have spentia kt of ©
money for subdivision io

the regional-board, stopped
the board from making the “
mistake of taking the
ammendments to third

‘reading -because: the. ‘am;
mending bylaw has to wail .

a certain period between
second and third readings.
The Ottenbretts. say that
Talstra is the only director,
who bas taken the trouble
to try to understand what ls
going on with AE tora to
their - request at
level. to, have, their own
property’ texoned.

The question this whole .

tangled issue: raises is

where doea -the regional ©

district's conflict of In-
terest -between its own
water system and the
private utility end and its
responiibility to provide
good government begin?

A resident living across
the Ottenbretti'
upper acte ssays he wants —
to sea them develop that
property because they
would enhance . the srea
with another quality home.

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Dentists can opt out: of care plan

‘VICTORIA (CP) —
Dentiats will be permitted
* to opt out of the provincial
goverriment’s new dental

and the College of Dental
Surgeons of B.C. as long as
the patient agrees In

writing in advance. .-

Regulations for the plan,
mada public this week, say

dentists can opt out of the.

platy by: notifying . the -

Medical: Services ‘Com:

- mission; They then will cd
leet their foes directly Ervin
patients.‘

Jt that, is the ‘cus,
patients eligible undef the

plan — essentially pen--
, Slonera and those under 15 .

years of age — then will bill

the government for the

maximum allowed under
the fee agreement.
Those dentists who take

"part in the plan also will be

permitted to charge more
_ than the negotiated fee tn
the case of a patient “who
requests unusual time-

consuming ‘service over

and beyond ordinarily. *

required care.” =
The dentists again must

have written agreement in

advance and must notify.
the Medical .

charges,

Girector on

‘Services.
. Comiminsion of the extra

‘SOME RESISTANCE

_ Hydro seeking ° |
- road into.
_ Stikine area

By GAILDOTINGA

Herald Staff Writer
B.C, Hydro met with
various government
_agencies Monday ‘in
Smithers to. discuss
-building a road into the
Stikine area where they.
are currently coi- ,
- ducting feasibility
studies on hydro-

electric projects, ,
The road would give
Hydro acccess into their
proposed project “Z’"
area which Is ap-.
proximately 7a
kilometers up"
Stikine -River from.
‘Telegraph Creek and 40"

kilometers south. of -
» - Dease Lake. *

- Approximately half a

5

. dozen: people from Fish:

- and Wildlife, Water
Management Branch as
well: as from. Lands,
.Parks and Housing

attended the meeting..
Hydro then flew tnost of
them to the . area

' Tuesday to give them a

" better view of where the.

" Reynolas, .

‘ régional ‘manager for

Fish and Wildlife in
Smithers, says that.
although B.C. Hydro
will we the trail for only '
ashort time, it will give
arcess to snowmobilers,
cross-country . skiers,
and snowshoers.

“We're afraid that it
‘will leave the area open
fo poachers and hun-
ters," he said. ‘

Hydro has counted 400

* goats there but Fish and.

-.. Wildlife have projected +.

: an ‘estimated 1,500.
Recauze B.C. has the
major population: of

mountain goals in North

America, Reynolds does ©
not want: to see thelr .
_ ‘Fish and Wildlife.
' along with the other”
government agencies
involved will review the
situation beforehanding -
in a report to Land
Management, who will

decide within two weeks —

whether Hydro can
build the road.

Report
claims
feasibility”

VANCOUVER (cP) —

Hydroelectric projects on
the Stikine and Iskut rivera
in northwestern British
Columbla totalling $7.6
billion, are ‘technically
feasible ant economically
attractive,” says a report,
prepared for B.C. Hydro.

«However, the projects

might mot be visually at-

tractive.

The report saya “both
dam sites on the Stikine
River lie within. the Grand

Canyon (of the Stikine)s-—
anil development would-

partially Hood the canyon,
and reduce its acenle

“However, " the report
adds, “the canyon is
presently

the: -

indccessibie —
excep! by alr cr on Foot."

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POOR COUSIN
_ IMAGE GROWING -

. - Alderman Bob Cooper warned council
Monday that if Kitimat gets ite way, Terrace
could become its poor cousin to the north.

Cooper was referring to Kitimat's ap-
plication for boundary extensions that would

~ bring the district's limits close to Onion Lake, °

“ It.wes pointed out to council that the new
- boundary would include two industrial sites
'. mapped out by the regional district Ln their
proposed plan ‘for the .valley.
“If industry locates in those areas Kitimat
will have a tremendous assessment base,”
said Cooper.
He, feels: the applleation was made in’ i
response to forestry’s plans to turn the valley a
into’ provincial forest, Mayor George Thom
ia violently opposed it as he claims industry =|
will not be allowed in thr, valley if it sa ;
provincial forest. '

A meeting is to be scheduled between the :
municipalities of Kitimat and Terrace as well
as with the Regional District of Kitimat-

Stikine to discuss the issue.
Alderman Jack Talstra; council's second.

representative on the Regional Board, told

‘members it was important they attend: and *

have questions ready.

He said that Kitimat probably won't get the .
boundary extension as they applied for it

.. before’and were turned down by the provin-
cial ministry of municipal affairs.