Council has
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decision for
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FAMILY FIREWORK dis-
plays in North Vancouver
District could become illegal
and the sale of all fireworks
prohibited under a proposed
bylaw being considered by
council.

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Martin Millerchip

The bylaw was first proposed by
director of fire services (fire chief)
Rick Grant in September with the
stated intention of limiting firework
displays to neighborhood-controlled
events licensed by permit from the
fire department.

To that end, the proposed bylaw
required that no fireworks could be
ignited within 10 m (32.8 feet) of a
building and that all fireworks
would be exploded within-a field of
at least 30 m by 20 m (98 feet by 66
feet),

The dimension restrictions effec-
tively eliminated almost all front or
back yards as possible sites for fire-
work parties.

However, not all council mem-
bers said they could support extin-
guishing fireworks in the district
‘and discussion on the bylaw was
sheived until after Halloween.

Monday night council adopted
second reading of an amended
bylaw in a split four to three vote

ind then agreed with Coun, Don
Bell's suggestion to defer adoption
for 60 days.

_ tn that time the district will pay
to publish details of the bylaw in the
North Shore News and ask for pub-
lic comment,

Bell argued that while many citi-
zens may not understand the com-
plexities of zoning bylaws there
would be a fot who might want their
say on the banning of fireworks,

“These are the kinds of bylaws,
like tree bylaws, that touch people
direetly,” said Bell,

Coun. Pam Goldsmith-Jones
opposed the bylaw and asked
whether it would reduee the number
of injuries to children between the
ages of 10 and t4 who typically
play with illegal firecrackers.

“Pim not sure this bylaw will do
what we want illo.” she said.

Goldsmith-Jones pointed out that
the Union of British Columbian
Municipatities (UBCM) had
“deferred « decision on this for three
years in a row precisely because
there is no clese community support
for this.”

Coun. Janice Harris predicted “a
large degree of non-compliance”
with the byfaw and suggested that

money could be better spent requir-

ing retailers to include an approved
information and safety flier with
every sale of fireworks.

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and councilors Ernie Crist, Jim
Cuthbert and Pat Munroe all sup-
ported a bylw that relaxed some of
the restrictions on pecnittted baci
tions,

The amended bylaw reduces the
required open space for a firework
display making some, but not all.
yards a possible permit site,

The amendments propose haly-

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ban on the sale of the fireworks
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Ih addition. all firework displays
will require a permit from the fire
department that will outting safety
requirements and restrictions.

Fines for infractions of the bylaw
could range fram $50 to $2,000,

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