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CITY CREWS temporarily closed the 4600-blosk of Lakelse last week while they replaced a
waterline in front of the vacant lot beside Video Stop. The existing waterline was replaced with
a larger pipe in preparation for the construction of a new retail and office building.

Empire expansion raises
wide ranging questions

By MALCOLM BAXTER
CRYSTAL BALL gazing is the
best way to describe the task
facing the  Kitimat-Stikine
regional district and its Thornhill
planning advisory commission,

The rapid growth of the
Wniincorporated community over
the past few years and a recent
Proposal for a 200-lot sub-
division off Empire St. have
“highlighted the need for long
‘term planning, particularly when

it comes to infrastructure.

Planner Tosh Yamashita noted
most aspects of the Empire St,
development are covered by the
district’s subdivision control by-
law, That included minimum lot
sizes, slreet lighting, water supply

- and paved streets and drainage to

Highways ministry standards.

But, -because _ the

tured down the idea of sanitary

sewer just prior 1o adoption of
..Thornhill’s Official Settlement
- Plan (OSP), there are no require-
‘ments for installation of sanitary
sewer in a sub-division or future
hook-up to a community system.

Now, wilh a sewer system
' going in including a mainline in-
tended to eventually service the
rest of Thornhill, the question has
-.to be tackled.

. Although district by-laws may
not cover sewer — service,
Yamashita said because tle de-
velopment is slated for Crown
Land, the Lands ministry can re-
quire standards beyond the by-
laws.

Therefore, Lands will work

with the district and its planning
commission to establish what the
standards should be.

Which is where the crystal ball
‘comes in.

Incorporation will
|. make it necessary to in-
crease Thornhill's tax
base, likely through
new industrial and com-
mercial development.

Essentially, Yamashita sald, de-
cisions on the form the develop-
ment should take involve trying
to forecast where Thornhill where
be in 10 years time,

_ They also have to look at jand
use including questions of what
density of housing will be
permitted where.

And that immediately leads to
another question: what's likcly to
happen as a result of the restruc-
ture: study?

If the outcome is amalgamation
with Terrace, Yamashita pointed
oul thal means Jooking at land use
across the two communilics as a
whole.

If.it is 10 incorporate Thornhill
on its own, then it will be neces-
sary to increase the community's
tax base, Iikely through addilional
industrial and commercial devel-
opment.

But whichever way it gocs, any
such decision is a long way off,

“he emphasized.

The current restructure study
will. likely take. another 6-8
months, Assuming the. recom-
mendation is for change, the resi-
dents would have to vote for il in

_arefercndum.

. Then would begin the lengthy

‘process of .making the change a
reality, ‘It'll be a few. years. be-

fore all the ink is dry,’’ he said.

But to attempt to maintain the
status quo in the meantime could
creale serious social problems,

H growth pressure continued,
house and land prices would like-
ly soar. That would create prob-
lems of affordability and could
spill over into social problems as

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families settled for cramped
quarters or shared dwellings.

Although there is an inherent
tisk in planning without all the
necessary information, Yamashila
said the commission and district
would have to decide ‘‘the level
of risks they're prepared to live
with.’?

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