Book: The Citizen

              VOL. 5, NO. 8                                          THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1968 - TWELVE PAGES                                      $5.00 per year 10�




     Multi-Million Shopping Center In Council's Hands


Coal Removal A Must
    For Construction
    Wintersville Village Council is
 currently conducting a study of
 proposed legislation designed to
 permit the continuance of the job
 of excavating, back-filling and
 general   preparation of   the
 surface of the land for con-
 struction purposes, at the site of
 the proposed Wintersville Plaza
 Shopping Center, located off Main
 Street, just west of the East
 village limits.
   A request for special legis-
 lation from   the Wintersville
 Chamber of Commerce, staunch
 supporters   of  the  shopping
 center, was presented to Council
 when it became apparent that
 work on the project might be
 brought to a halt with the dis-
 covery that the area was honey-
 combed with mine shafts which
 because of their proximity to the
 surface, had removed subjacent
 support from the surface to the
 extent that actual subsidence had
 occurred into the shafts, making
 the surface of the ground unfit
 to support the great weight of the
 proposed buildings to be erected
 on the site. The Chamber re-
 quested that Council give con-
 sideration to thepossie amend-
 ing of an ordinance now in force,
 which would not permit the ex-
 cavators to remove these old
 shafts, or the residual coal left
 in these shafts as supports, while
 in the process of site prepar-
 ation for purposes of construc-
 tion, thereby placing a question
 m ark on the whole project.
   Council, which had previously
 gone on record as favoring the
 multi - million dollar projects'
 location in Wintersville, met in
 a lengthy special session and
 with the assistance of Solicitor
 John J. Mascio, hammered out
 an ordinance which will permit
 the removal of this coal and
 these shafts, provided that said
 removal of residual coal from
 deep mine workings is taken in
 connection with site preparation
 and grading preparatory to con-
 struction on the site for build-
 ing purposes.
    Plans and models of the pro-
 posed shopping center are on
 display at the Wintersville City
 Building at 221 Leonard Avenue,
 and the public is invited to attend
 "Citizen's Night"' on Thursday.
 January 11 at the city building
 from 7:30 to 10 PM, to view the
 displays and air their views with
 the village officials.
    The first reading of the new
 ordinance was held on Monday,
 January 8, with the final read-


ings to be given at the next
regular meeting of council, to be
held on Tuesday, January 16,
1968 at 7:30 PM.


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Picture of the Architectural Model of the proposed multi-millon dollar Wintersville Plaza, which is on


View of the tnri-level Wintersville Plaza


Plan of one of the floors


per copy


display at Wintersville Village Hall.


      Plaza Needs

    Village Support
    The  new   proposed Multi-
 Million Dollar Shopping Plaza,
 which is to be located on the
 Daughtery Property, will be the
 most elaborate Shopping Plaza in
 the surrounding areas. The South
 Hills Shopping Plaza in Pitts-
 burgh is on the same order as
 the one planned for Wintersville.
-  The Wintersville Plaza will
consist of 3 floors in the middle
and 4 floors in the end towers.
Each floor will have adequate
space for all types of business
along with a movie theater. The
Plaza  will have     1/2 million
square feet of space and parking
for    over   4,000 cars. The
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ceivine and the~ comniete biidng


will be enclosed with a spacious
Mall in the center. The Win-
tersville Chamber    of  Com-
merce has endorsed this program
which will employ close to 2,000
people and will be a big asset
to the real estate tax for the
village of Wintersville. Citizens
of Wintersville and area may see
this model, which is on display
at the Village Hall.

    Calabrese
        Issues


. Warning


  The Board of Public Affairs,
at its regular meeting, retracted
the regulations that a duplex with
one water meter would be re-
quired to have a water meter
for each apartment as of 90 days
from date of notice.
   If you were one of the 40
some people who were notified to
meet these qualifications, then
you can disregard the letter sent
to you and continue on as in the
past.


  John Lenhart, chairman of the
board, explained why the board
tried to enforce the rule. He
explained that unpaid water and
sewage bills by renters were
a hardship to the village. This
unpaid   balance  came    from
renters who moved away without
paying their bill.
  Mr. Bill Becker, Ralph Fresh-
water and Frank Pownall were
present to discuss their views


on this regulation, which would
require them to have aseparate
meter   for  each tenant. This
would involve separate water
meters,   hot   water heaters,
gas meters, separate flues and
the expense of re-plumbing each
unit rented. The cost would be
unjustified, seeing   that the
buildings were built to meet the
requirements at that time.
  The board,   after taking into


consideration, the expenses in-
curred, which the pror rty owner
would   have, voted to retract
regulation #5.

   The board statea that property
owners who rent property, will
have to make a deposit to insure
the payment of water and sewage
bills. John Lenhart stated that
by law, the property owners are
responsible for all unpaid water
bills.


   "It may cost someone their
life", so   spoke  Wintersville
Police Chief Victor Calabrese,
concerning those motorists who
daily pull into the center lane of
traffic to make a left turn from
the east-bound lane of Route 22
onto Route 43. "But the sign
says, turn left with caution on
red", you may say, and so it
does, but only the FIRST car in
line may make that turn from
the east - bound lane, because
there are two lanes for west-
bound traffic which extend to
             POLICE WARNING
             (Cont'd on page 5)


SBoard Of Public Affairs Retract Regulation No. 5
    Board Of Public Affar Retract Regulation No. 5