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Planned plaza draws concerns
Planned plaza draws concerns
By Dianne Cornish, FlamboroughReview.com
Grindstone Way residents voiced concern this week about ineffective buffering of their residential properties from a planned commercial plaza.
Flamborough Power Centre Inc. wants to build a commercial strip mall on a 3.4-hectare (8.4-acre) site just east of the Trinity property on the southeast quadrant of Clappison’s Corners. The developer plans to put a cedar hedge between the strip plaza and adjacent homes. But residents don’t feel a hedge will be an adequate buffer and one homeowner is particularly upset about her privacy being compromised because of plans to raise the height of land by five feet on a portion of the property. This, she said, will allow lights from the commercial buildings to shine into her home and will enable people in the proposed buildings to see into her bathroom, bedroom and kitchen.
Scott Llewellyn, an engineer for the project said the City of Hamilton balked at plans for a fence buffer because officials thought the area would become a hang out for young people.
Details about the plaza, which will occupy about 60,000 square feet of commercial space, were presented at an information meeting Thursday night at the North Wentworth Arena, Clappison’s Corners. As yet, the city has not approved the proposal that will be subject to a future public meeting and site plan control.
Ed Fothergill of Fothergill Planning and Development Inc. in Ancaster is the planning consultant for the project.
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