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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD-163-92 THE DN: TOBACCO.GPA OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee Monday, July 6, 1992 PD-163-92 #: File#: File # b \~ '"_ h w- ~p~ ~ 9.".<.; Res. # Date: # TOWN OF NEWCASTLE STREET NAME CHANGE CONCESSION ROAD 4 TO TOBACCO ROAD PART LOT 1 TO 4, BETWEEN CONC. 3 AND 4, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF DARLINGTON Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-163-92 be received; 2. THAT By-law 86-112, being a by-law to establish a street Name Map and street Name Inventory in the Town of Newcastle be amended to change the street name "Concession Road 4" in part lots 1 to 4 to "Tobacco Road" within the former Township of Darlington; and 3. THAT Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute a by- law to amend By-law 86-112 being a by-law to establish the street Name Map and street Name Inventory in the Town of Newcastle. 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 At their meeting held on April 27, 1992, the Council of the Town of Newcastle approved Recommendation # GPA-310-92 stating the following: "THAT Staff be authorized to take the appropriate action pursuant to Town Policy and the provisions of section 210 (105) (now Chapter 210, section 111) of the Municipal Act, for consideration of a proposed street name of "Tobacco Road" within Part of Lot 1 to 4, between Concession 3 and 4, former Township of Darlington." 2. PUBLIC NOTICE AND SUBMISSION 2.1 Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act, the proposed ....2 c 6. .J RECYCLED PAPIER PAPER RECYCLE T11~ IS f'flMTEOON RECYCLED PAPEfl REPORT NO. PD-163-92 PAGE 2 name change was advertised for four (4) consecuti ve weeks within the Canadian statesman, Orono Weekly Times and Courtice News. 2.2 At the time of writing this report, one resident disagreed with the name Tobacco Road and commented that it is inappropirate to promote tobacco and the tobacco industry. 3. STAFF COMMENTS 3.1 By-law 86-112, which was passed by Council on July 28, 1986 established the names of all streets wi thin the Town of Newcastle. 3.2 Concession Road 4 is presently maintained on a year-round basis from Regional Road 42, westerly to Lot 4. The road is then re-established in Lot 7 and is maintained through to Lot 15. Although the road allowance remains, an open road does not exist between Lot 16 and Lot 27. At this point, the road is opened and maintained to Regional Road 55, however, it has been named Pebblestone Road. It is the portion of Concession Road 4 located in lots 1 to 4 that has been proposed that the street name be changed to Tobacco Road (See attached). It is proposed that the name Concession Road 4 will resume at Lot 7 and extend to Lot 15. The road allowance located in lots 4 - 6 is not maintained by the Town of Newcastle. 3.3 The requests for the proposed street name change was made by a resident currently residing on Concession Road 4. The resident felt that since tobacco has been cultivated on farms abutting this road since 1948, it was important to entrench, through the change of street name, that tobacco was the market crop for. farms in that area. ....3 ,;~ Lj' {, II \ i -I' "'._ "J ,. REPORT NO. PD-163-92 PAGE 3 3.4 The name "Tobacco" has been placed on the street Name reserve list by the Region of Durham to be used for the Town of Newcastle. 3.5 If the proposed street name change is approved by Committee and Council, ten (10) properties would be affected by this change. 4 . CONCLUSION 4.1 In light of the above comments, Staff recommend that the street name "Concession Road 4" in part lots 1 to 4 in the former Township of Darlington, be changed to "Tobacco Road" and that the attached by-law be approved. Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee ) Lawrence E. Kotsef~ Chief Administratifre Officer \ Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P. 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J: ~ 0 CONCESSION ST. 9 I ROAD ::I ,"'- a (!) <t (!) 0 <( Q: a: m l I ~ I 566 , I .I " , THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE BY-LAW NUMBER 92- WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle deems it expedient to amend the street name map and street name inventory for roads in the Town of Newcastle. AND WHEREAS such street name map and street name inventory establishes an official name for all improved roads and those unimproved roads which receive summer maintenance and are included in the Roads Needs Study for the Town of Newcastle. NOW THEREFORE BE IT R,ESOL VED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle enacts as follows: 1. Schedule "A" of the street name map, and Schedule "B" of the street name inventory, be amended to: a) change' the name from "Concession Road 4" to "Tobacco Road" in part lots 1 to 4, between Concessions 3 and 4, former Township of Darlington. BY-LAW read a first time this day of 1992. BY.LAW read a second time this day of 1992. BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this day of 1992. MAYOR CLERK 567