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THE REVIEW

Central Saanich needs a policy
regarding. drainage works’ on
private land, public works
committee chairman Aid. Dick
Sharpe told council at a meeting

Dec. 14 Charles Harris protested .

council’s refusal. to clear an
obstruction in a ditch near his

home at 1620 Keating Cross
Road.
Aside from -an_ argument

whether that particular ditch was
on private land or not, Harris
contended the municipality had
done drainage work on private

property. in other. places.

‘Apparently there were first and

second class taxpayers, he said.
Clerk. Fred Durrand com-
mented that in former years no
one expected the municipality to
help with drainage of private
land, and that if it were to take
on this responsibility it would
involve a great deal of time and
expense.
Mayor Dave Hill argued that
each case should be judged on its
merits — if putting a backhoe in
for an hour would solve a

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problem it should be done. That
upset Ald. George McFarlane,
who commented ‘‘that would be
a great help to meas a politician.
I would love to be able to say
‘*yes’* to everybody.”” ;

Hill then said property owners
with drainage problems should
write a letter and appear before
council, not make requests of
individual aldermen, but added

‘council should help.

Harris had the last word,
telling the committee that the
water main on Keating Cross
Road was in the wrong place —
right on his property line — and
that when he started digging post
holes for a new fence he was
likely to put a hole in it.

The committee then got ina
tussle over whether. the
agricultural society should have
to pay a bill for $1,086 for
putting two culverts in a road
ditch to allow access directly
from the road to a field used for
parking during the annual fair.

Ald. Trevor Jones said that in
asking the municipality to put in
the culverts the society was trying
to help solve a traffic problem,
and had not expected to get a bill.

McFarlane said a bylaw
requires. that the municipality

“install the culvert when an owner

needs -access across a road ditch

to his. property but that the

property owner pays.the cost.
After considerable. discussion

‘about the relationship. between ~

the society and the council it-was

eft: with the clerk to see if-the
society would write a letter asking .

that the charge be waved.

‘The field in question is ‘not the’

society’s property.

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Christmas shoppers show no sign of using spaces opened up on town-ow ned parking lots by
new Sidney council policy of ticketing day-long parkers. Council attempt to ease shoppers’
parking woes appears to have spread problem out onto streets.

Council victim

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Can a municipal council be the
victim of its own by laws? That’s
how development _ officer. Gay
Wheeler’ described :the ‘situation
when..Central ‘Saanich’ coundil,
sitting as..the subdivision .and

approve. subdivision of ..a

property already divided by a

road and with the two pieces in
different zones. —_

Erle Andrucko owns what was
‘originally a five-acre lot south.of
Greig Ave. which is cut in two by
The. -northern:

Ave.
part, where he has: built a house,
is-in the agricultural land: reserve
and. zoned. for agriculture. The

southern part is‘on.a hillside. and .

zoned rural residential.

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He: appealed. to :the: committee
Dec.’ 1-after Wheeler. rejected his :
subdivision: application. iy 7
-< Problem is that neither piece of

he. lot” is’ large enough’ for the .:

vn bylaws

‘zoning in which it is located.

Committee chairman. Ald.
George McFarlane told
Andrucko council would have to

amend the zoning bylaw and the.

oa : “<> community plan before
zoning committee, was unable to

sub-

division could. be approved.

mayor Dave Hill said: he was in-

favor of the subdivision, and all

‘members of council appeared to.
indicate

agreement, but
Andrucko was told ‘there was no

“help for him at least until the
“community . plan

revision in‘three: years.

Ald. Ron Cullis moved that an.
“inventory. of. parcels of land. in.
~. similar situations.be prepared'so
that it would be: on. file. when the

plan. came up for revision. .

-~ Wheeler’ pointed “out to the a
" Soimittec that: “Andrucko: ‘knew
“what: the situation was. when he?

bought the property. in 1980.

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was’ up~ for.

. Wednesday, December 23, 1981

Drive and. Hagan. Road sewage.

Power
safeguard

Central Saanich. sewer com-
mittee decided Dec. 14 to reject a
suggestion from public services
superintendent Gary. Rogers and
proceed with purchase of a
protable generator that could
provide. power for Brentwood -

pumps in case of a power outage.
Rogers. had . recommended .
purchase. of a generator be

‘ postponed until there is time to.

“Seabrook -Road’ ‘area. are com-
pleted: and residents: have: been ee
ae letters. telling: them t to. hook aed

- see how the new storage tanks at
-the two pumping stations work.

‘The tanks are designed to hold
four hours sewage under: the
worst conditions.. Inthe — past
sewage overflowed down a creek
into Brentwood Bay when the

_pumps stopped.

' Committee - « chairman: Ald.

‘ Earle . Tabor. reported the. new ©

sewers.in the Stelly’ s Cross Road-

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