Anamet Canada, located in the southwest corner of Cramahe Township in Lakeport, is planning an expansion.
The company received approval from Cramahe Council at an August 11 public meeting to move forward with plans to expand the east side of its plant by 2,368 square feet. Township approval was needed to change the zoning on a portion of the Anamet land from environmental conservation (EC) to general industrial. Approximately half of the addition will sit on former EC land.
With the passage of the bylaw on August 11, Anamet can now make a site plan application to the township.
The change in zoning was recommended by the township planning consultant, Peter Josephs. Mr. Josephs is doing some of the work done by former Director of Development, Becky Bonisteel.
To achieve the rezoning the township had to allow a change in the setback from the high-water mark of the adjacent creek. The township zoning bylaw normally requires a 30-metre setback. Anamet's will be 20 metres. Normally buildings on a manufacturing site cannot exceed 30% of the area of the property. Anamet will be allowed to cover 35% of its property.
Even though the building is located in an area of mixed rural and rural residential land uses, the Josephs' report did not feel there would be problems as the building is screened trees on the east and the existing building on the west.
The addition will not require new water or sewage services.
Monday 17 August 2009
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"The addition will not require new water or sewage services." Quite funny, really. There ARE no municipal water or sewer services being utilized by Anamet today. Why, because Cramahe Council has consistently refused to even consider the possibility of extending same to the boundary bewteen Cramahe and Alnwick-Haldimand, thereby servicing the Cramahe residents who line County Road 31 leading from the east to Lakeport; and giving the 400 residents of that small, packed hamlet an opportunity to connect to safe systems. No, instead, Cramahe will dig a trench for its effluent discharge pipe, sending treated Colborne sewer water into Lake Ontario, running that excavation right past those same residents and Anamet. Brilliant thinking on Cramahe Council's part. Simply brilliant, not to run water and sewer mains along the same route ... yes, pumping stations would be needed at some point in the future ... while the diggers are in place. Can anyone really wonder why there is a mere 0.8 per cent annual growth rate in Cramahe?
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