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Wellesley looking to revisit its kennel bylaw after applications reveal gaps
No new industrial land for Hawkesville, council decides
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Opponents out in force Tuesday night as Wellesley looks at requests for more employment land in the township’s smaller settlements
LIZ BEVAN CONCERNED ITS KENNEL BYLAW was going to the dogs, Wellesley council is likely to make some changes after a pair of applications revealed some holes in the existing legislation. Specifically, the township is grappling with the issue of proximity and limiting the number of kennels on any one property. Meeting Tuesday night, councillors discussed two applications for kennel applications, a process that raised questions about how the businesses are regulated and whether to introduce a limit on the number of kennels in the township. In the first application, a Linwood resident requested permission to put a second kennel on a single lot that is already home to two residences and a kennel operation. The existing bylaw doesn’t speak to such circumstances. Coun. Shelley Wagner took issue with the proximity of the two kennels, “It isn’t divided into separate lots, but both have their own individual addresses and the one owner already has a kennel, so now there are going to be two kennels on one property,” she said, adding that current policy allows one kennel per nine acres. “I assume the farm is more than 18 acres. My concern would be what happens when someone KENNELS | 5
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having difficulty working within current bylaws, he said. Expansion of Chervin Kitchens is the last thing Mira vanKatwyck wanted to see, however, noting Hawkesville’s area is already 44 per cent industrial lands. “This size of industry is just too close to homes, playgrounds and other facilities where young and old, live and play,” she told councillors. “We have a growing concern over the past few years for the real potential for an imbalance between residential and industrial lands in Hawkesville as new businesses come into our town and others have really expanded. It seems to me that Hawkesville already provides ample employment opportunities for residents within our township and further.” Beth Frank, who lives on Orville Court in Hawkesville, questioned how
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Elmira District Secondary School’s senior girls’ volleyball team defeated Waterloo Collegiate 3-1 on Feb. 9, earning them a spot in the quarter-finals on Feb. 14, where they lost to second-place Jacob Hespeler Secondary School. Here, Jasmine Montague tips the ball over the net. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
DESPITE PRESSURE FOR MORE industrial land, sought-after parcels in Hawkesville, Wallenstein and Crosshill will remain agricultural, at least for now, Wellesley councillors decided this week. That decision sat well with most of the residents who crowded into council chambers Tuesday night. Much of the opposition was directed at a call to make an additional 8.9 acres available for industrial use in Hawkesville, principally at the request of Chervin Kitchens. The property will continue to be earmarked as agricultural, which safeguards it against the kind of development that would have come from labelling it as employment land. Marvin Bauman of Chervin Kitchens argued unsuccessfully for the employment lands. The business is outgrowing its current operations and staff is
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