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GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AT CHRISTMAS LIVING HERE PAGE 34
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WYNNE TO BLAME FOR HYDRO’S SORRY STATE
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Lights ... Cameras ... Christmas
John Ziegler’s Conestogo home never disappoints this time of year. In what’s become a yearly tradition, his home on Weberlyn Crescent is once again decked out for Christmas with flashing lights, moving decorations and music. Many of the decorations he made himself and it takes weeks to set everything up. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
Illegal use rectified, farmer gets three-year trial to show compliance to Woolwich bylaws STEVE KANNON A WINTERBOURNE-AREA FARMER HAS three years to convince Woolwich he can operate an on-farm business in conformity with township bylaws, after which time council may make permanent a zoning change on his property. Granted permission in
2010 to operate a metal fabricating shop on his 100-acre farm at 1220 Halm Rd., Aden Brubacher subsequently exceeded the maximum size of the operation’s footprint, added a spray-painting booth without proper clearances and shifted to a non-farm-related business. Caught out, he then requested a zone
change from the township to legalize the operation. Councillors meeting Dec. 13 showed some reluctance, but eventually approved an amendment to the agricultural zoning on the property to allow a welding, metal fabricating shop, steel storage area, loading dock and a paint booth using a maximum
435-square-metre area within an existing farm shed, a maximum area of operation of approximately 2,005 sq. m., and the outdoor storage area to be located along the side of the building, Originally, Brubacher had received permission to operate a 350 sq. m. onfarm business for a farm-
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related metal fabricating operation of conveyor components. Bob Black, a planning consultant engaged by Brubacher, said his client acknowledged the illegal operation, seeking to make it conform. He explained that Brubacher had made improvements to the property, including meeting
environmental guidelines for the spray booth such that he now has clearance from the Ministry of the Environment. “He has done everything that has been requested or required of him. He feels he has addressed all of the issues.” ZONING | 40
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