Sewickley Herald

              The Sewickley Valleys Home Weekly Newspaper
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VOL. 52 NO, 16
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954
Price Ten Centi
FREE PARKING FOR SHOPPERS
Free TV Set For Sewickley Elementary School
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Mrs. George Turner and Mrs. William Sloan accept a Philco TV set for the Sewickley Grade School from Seth Gatchell, WQED school coordinator. Five Philco sets were presented to WQED by the J. E. Miller Company, Western Pennsylvania Distributor. The presentation was made at the WQED Studios to schools and WQED subscriber Guilds that achieved 500 subscriptions to the Educational Station’s Monthly Magazine, Program Previews.
Osborne Borough Passes Sub-Division Ordinance To Regulate Streets And Sewers In New Developments
Temporary Building Permits Granted To Owners Of
Property On Glen Mitchell Road
Glen Osborne Council, at its regular meeting on Thursday evening, April 15, passed on third and final reading, an ordinance setting up regulations for sub-divisions of land into two or more lots; granted temporary building permits to two owners of property on Glen Mitchell Road whose building had been delayed by the question of sewage and approved the expenditure of $15 for the borough’s share of rescue team equipment for the Valley Civil Defense Council. The sub-division ordinance and the regulation ordinance are printed in full in this week’s Herald and will be part of a booklet to be printed soon which will contain Osborne’s zoning ordinance with map, building code and sub-division ordinance. Then, all information needed by buyers, developers or builders will be available in one pamphlet.
■ The sub-division ordinance, ko. 189,
is to provide sites suitable for building purposes, for the harmonious development of the borough, to co-ordinate new streets with existing ones, to insure adequate open spaces for traffic, light, and air, recreation and proper distribution of population. A sub-division is defined as any division of a single lot or tract of land into two or more lots or parcels, including changes in tire lot lines or street lines, for present or future use. The ordinance requires developers to conform with tlie regulation^ in the regulations ordinance, No. 190, before laying a sewer or water line or other facilities or changing a water course or selling a lot or erecting or repairing a building, until a plan is approved by council and properly recorded,
All sewers, curbs, sidewalks, paving, street light, fire hydrants, water mains and bther utilities and facilities must be

built to conform with borough specifications or a bond posted fo the amount of the estimated cost, before anything can be done. Council may make exceptions in case of hardships, if the exception is not against the public interest. Then penalties provided are two years in jail or $1,000 fine, or both.
The regulations ordinance, which may be changed without amending the original sub-division ordinance, defines the terms used in the ordinance; the pro-ceedure under which preliminary plans must be given in triplicate to the borough engineer, who has twenty days in which to approve, or disapprove of the plans and final plans must be prepared and submitted to borough council before they can be- approved. The conditions of acceptance by both engineer and council are detailed for sanitary sewers and streets and other improvements. The (Continued on Page 14)
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Sewickley Council Approves Park And Shop Plan Offered By Sewickley Valley Board Of Trade
' Committee of Twelve Approves All of Councils Traffic and Parking Regulations
Residents of the Valley who expected the “Committee of 12’’ to ture continuous dancing, midnight sup- change 10c an hour parking back to 5c an hour, or to recommend
Child Health Association Presents Annual Ball Saturday
CAPTAINS BALL AT ■ ALLEGHENY COUNTRY CLUB "The Captain’s Ball” which is being presented Saturday. April 24, by The Child Health Association of Sewickley at the Allegheny Country Club, will fea-
per and shipboard games
In a gala nautical setting, King Neptune will preside, assisted by mermaids. The mythical .southern cruise aboard “The S. S. Allegheny” will be launched at 10 p. m.
Co-chairmen Mrs. James P. Townsend and Mrs. John S.. Wendt, Jr., are being assisted by Mrs. R. F. Barker, in charge of food; Mrs. Reed Schroeder, decorations; Mrs. Clifford Nichols, Jr. and Mrs. Laurence Johnson, tickets; Mrs. George McC. Gibbs and Mrs. Gustav Schwab, invitations; Mrs. W. Oliver Campbell, Jr., music; Mrs. James Marks, patronesses; Mrs. Robert H. Smith, treasurer; Mrs. Andrew M. Kennedy, Jr., special events, and Mrs, Charles Hanna, publicity.
Proceeds from “The Captain’s Bail” have been allocated to the Sewickley Community Center. Supported by Child Health Association during the past year have been The Visiting Nurse Association, Sewickley Valley Hospital, The Foster Parents Plan, The Dental Hygiene Program which includes fluorine treatments for the children of the Valley, and (Continued on Page 14)
other changes in the traffic and parking regulations put into effect by Sewickley Borough Council on January 1st, were disappointed at the regular meeting of Sewickley council Monday night, when the committee approved all the regulations as satisfactory! However, the committee did recommend that all meter receipts, from the streets as well as the lots, be used to reduce the parking lot debt as rapidly as possible. The committee also recommended that council cooperate with the Board of Trade in its newly proposed “park and shop’’ plan as well as in a plan of locating and developing unused areas for all day parkers. The committee also recommended making Grimes Street a one-way street, since it is only 21 feet wide and cleaning up the back of the buildings in the business area, especially around the Green street lot and Walnut Street.
The park and shop plan would mean attendants on the lots, to end anxiety parking, since the parking fee would he paid when the motorist is leaving. Then, too, merchants Would give parking stamps worth 5c each for a purchase in the store over a minimum amount." When the shopper returned to the lot, after visiting several stores, she would have sufficient stamps on the dated stub to pay for the parking. In the evenings, the lots would revert to metered parking.
In addition, any excess of 5c stamps from the borough in $5 books. They collected by a shopper, can be pasted Would be free to give more than one
in a book, which will be supplied by the Park and Shop committee, and redeemed for $5 in cash or merchandise when full. Each of tlie merchants participating in the.iilan would purchase the 5c stamps
Multi-Million Dollar Shopping Center Proposed In Leetsdale.
Council Requested To Change Zoning From Residential To Commercial
A shopping center, costing more than a million dollars, was proposed for the eastern end of Leetsdale Borough, adjoining the Leetsdale high school at the regular meeting of Leetsdale Council Monday night/ April 12. Charles A. Raimondi, Ambridge businessman, in a letter, requested council to change the zoning from residential to commercial. Council took the matter under advisement until architect’s plans are completed and given to council, so the changes in the zoning code can be made. There was little doubt that council Would change the zoning, however, as in discussion of sewage and other matters later in the meeting, councilmen spoke of the effect the shopping center‘would have. Mr. Raimondi stated that he was hopeful that construction would begin early next year, hut cautioned that there were many details still to be worked out.
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amount of filling is necessary as well as working out of engineering details. Tentative plans call for access to tlie shopping- center from both Beaver Road and Ohio River Boulevard. Construction of the one-story center, itself, will be of high quality brick and there will be a large area of macadam free parking space, sufficient to park about 400 cars, with room for enlargement, if needed.
Council was informed that negotiations have already been completed with several nationally known stores; a large food supermarket, an ultra modern drug store; a drive-in bank; a 5c and 10c store; dairy store; clothes and shoe shops; beauty shop and others. There is also tlie possibility of some spiice being devoted to professional offices, including medical and dental offices.
The land was purchased recently after six months of negotiations between representatives of the A. D, Rossi, Inc., realty firm in Ambridge and the estate
of the late William Walker. Negotiations for adjoining property were also earned On but in vain, Mr. Raimondi, in order to eliminate the many rumors which' had been circulated about the shopping center, decided to make a definite statement to council and the public through the press. Preliminary planning has been underway for some time, Mr. Raimondi informed council, and the Leetsdale site was selected only after an extensive survey was made of all possible locations. A trejnendous amount of work has been done and a great deal remains to be done before there can he the realization of a shopping center for this community. The preliminary plans indicate a center shaped like an inverted ‘L’ so that future expansion may be made when and as needed. Mr. Raimondi stated that "it is expected Upon realization of the shopping center in Leetsdale, the borough will take its place as onb of the leading business districts in the entire Valley,”
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stamp .for larger purchases, but only to shoppers who have a stub showing that they were parked on a lot that day. Since the plan is designed to encourage parking on tlie lots, persons who park at the street meters will not be eligible for the parking stamps. Eacli of tlie participating merchants pays an initiation fee of $10 and $3.50 a month to pay for the necessary materials and iiay the parking attendants’ salary and advertising the lots for one year. At the expiration of the year, or when the lots have become completely self-sustaining, the merchant dues will. be_ delegated to advertising the advantages of the park and .shop plan. Each year the Board and council will enter a new agreement, if necessary.
The Board of Trade Conimitte, which presented the plan is. composed of Howard Fleming, chairman; D. He rbert Trader, assistant chair m a n; Joseph Buzard, Edward Bradel, Bruce Myers, Dr. Glenn W. Peiffer, Wendell- Jordan, Ray Connelly, Frank Karasek, Louis Casselman and Lacy Rich. The committee which will meet with a three-man committee from council, is composed, of Wendell Jordan, Dr. Peiffer and Louis Casselman. Council’s committee, appointed Monday night by Council President Fred Atwood, includes Carl Wahl, James Purdie and Stanley Diehl. They will work out the details of the shop and park plan and Mr. Fleming expressed the hope that the plan could be started within a mouth.
Mrs. Elizabeth George Baker, svho represented the first ward in the representative traffic and parking committee, otherwise known as the committee of 12, submitted the report, which had been distributed to council in advance, along with the park and shop plan of the Board of Trade, She said that while tlie minutes showed that the committee’s action was unanimous, some discussion after the meeting indicated that not all the committee members were entirely satisfied that the regulations are completely satisfactory, The new system of 25c fines seems to be working out well and should he continued, The park and shop plan was also approved by the committee of (Continued on Page 10)
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