Cashtown Corners zoning change approved

Clearview council approved a rezoning Monday for the redevelopment of a gas station, convenience store and Tim Hortons coffee shop at Cashtown Corners.

Architect Lloyd Hunt, the agent for property owner Richview Orchard, said the tanks had to be removed in order to move on to the next step.

The project has received approvals from the county and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority but there are some final steps to be taken before the site plan is approved.

Hunt said it is still the hope that the project begins this summer.

In the meantime, the project is out to tender and some work is being done on site.

The existing gas tanks were being removed last week.

“It’s not an environmental issue. The site is completely clean. The county is taking the opportunity to widen both County Road 9 and 42 from the site and those tanks would have been in the county setback after the widening happens,” said Hunt.

Thom Paterson was the only council members to vote against the zoning approval. He said given discussion with Creemore business owners, he is opposed to the development because it includes a gas station and a franchise.

Hunt said it is within the site plan design to include directional signs for Creemore and other parts of Clearview and it is Tim Hortons’ intention to provide other methods of communicating.

He said since the public meeting in January there have been meetings with members of the Creemore BIA.

The Tim Hortons, which will be owned by Ann Murphy who owns the Stayner location, will have only eight seats, not eight tables as previously reported.

The drive-through will accommodate at least 13 cars and the site itself will accommodate 26 cars without ever backing up onto either county roads, said Hunt. Also parking for 12 snowmobiles is incorporated in the plan.