Council Shorts Creek rezone rejected IT’S OFFICIAL. Almost one year to the day since the public hearing on Howe Creek Investments’ (HCI) rezone request, coun- cil formally turned it down last week. Fred Kennedy of HCI wanted a 10 acre parcel at the foot of the . bench escarpment between Eby and Skeenaview Drive rezoned R1, single-family residential. That would have allowed construc- tion of a proposed 13-lot subdivision. The decision to lurn down the application c comes after strong op- by the city to purchase a strip running alongside the creek, However, HCI is entitled to make another rezone application at any time. Administrator Bob Hallsor explained the six month wailing period between a rezone rejection and ‘re-applicalion is applicable only if the new application is exactly: the same as the original. Tule. Councillor David Hull alsa noted that because the area is desig- nated residential on the new community plan, technically there would be no requirement to hold a public hearing on a new ap- plication. Lane purchase approved C€.W, DEVELOPMENT’S request to rezone property at 3215 Kenney to R2 to R6 medium density has been okayed by.council. And because the rezone is consistent with the official community plan designation for the land, no public hearing will be held. Also approved were requests from the company and Ai Purschke, owner of the neighbouring property, to purchase the un- developed lane running behind their lots, what is nominally part of Thomas St. and transfer lille'lo the city. Any costs attached to that process will be paid-by CW. -and Purschke who will also have to pay the appraised value for the land, Twedle change sought THE PLANNING committee has been asked to look at a rezone request for property on Twedle Ave. Tom and Elaine Walker want to subdivide their propertly at 4912 changing the zoning from the current Al rural to R1 residential. Planning technician Jack Heppelwhite confirmed both the new Jot and remainder of the original will be in line with city regula- tions on minimum size and sctbacks. Creek clean up planned COUNCIL HAS agreed to proclaim Sept. 25 as B.C. River’s Day and mark the occasion by having the recreation department organize a voluntecr clean-up of Howe Creck, Also approved was a request from parks and facilities manager dale McFadden to attend the sixth annual Northwest Occupational Safety and Health conference in Prince Rupert. The cost.is $35 registration plus use of a city vehicle. And economic development officer Ken Veldman has been ap- pointed io represent the cily at fulure meetings of the siccring committee which is spearheading efforts to get a detox centre es- tablished here. position to the rezone.from across the. community. and.a failed. bid... And even then, council! has to specifically invoke ine s six x moni . That will first involve gelting Municipal Affairs to abandon Twedle to create a 30m x 90m lot on the cast side, That requires . You can get there from here by Diane Francis Build boom THE BUILDING BOOM shows no signs of lelting up here. Figures released by the building inspection department show con- struction is on target to hit $20 million for the: third consecutive year. But it’s still lagging a Little be- hind last year. ““Thitleen” new: single “family home permits in May have taken the year-lo-date tally. to 45 worth more. than $6 million. That’s 10 houses and $1.28 mil- ~ lion shy: of the ‘same point in 1993, With a total permit value of $8.34 - million. and = mnllti- residential project. —_ worth $800,000, housing ‘accounts for four of every five construction dollars. Commercial activity is off close “to a half million dollars with in- stitutional. renovations and addi- lions offsetting $200,000 of that figure, To the end of -May 1993, permits: worth $9.95. million had been issued, 20 per cent higher than this year. GREAT Expecting Company t Here’s a few * The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 22, 1994 - A7 - EARLY AD DEADLINE Canada Day Weekend Press & Production Schedules | | make it necessary to advance the advertising deadline i for the July 6th Terrace Standard. _The Deadline for July 6th } Display & Classified Ads will be Thursday, June 30th. Have a Great Long Weekend! If you are traveling, please drive carefully. 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