By Yvette d'Entremont - The Weekly News
There was some concern about plans to install a 4.5-metre-high ground sign at 950 Hammonds Plains Rd., but very little opposition in the end.
The Hammond Centre is located at the corner of Hammonds Plains Road and the Bedford Highway. Homburg Canada Inc. wants the North West Community Council to amend its existing development agreement to allow a second ground sign for the property along the Hammonds Plains Road side.
While North West Community Council agreed to allow the second ground sign, there's an appeal period that must pass before the non-substantive amendment can officially be approved.
The second and substantive part of the amendment required a public hearing, which was held during community council's monthly meeting on April 23.
That portion of the amendment deals with an intrusion into the wooded area along the Hammonds Plains Road side of the property to place the sign.
Lower Sackville Coun. and NWCC chairman Bob Harvey said the only tree that would be permitted for removal was a fallen tree at the site.
A decision on the matter was deferred until next month's community council meeting, at which time the appeal period on the non-substantive portion of the amendment will have passed.
ydentremont@hfxnews.ca
