9 - Wednesday, February 6, 1985 - North Shore News

Move to kill escort services tabled

ALD. JOHN Braithwaite’s
auempt to have North Van-
couver city council remove
provisions for escort services
from the business
bylaw has been put on hold.

Braithwaite's motion that
escort service provisious be
struck from the bylaw was
put before council Monday
night and tabled, pending a
report on the situation from

city staff members.
Braithwaite) wants the
possibility of future escort
services banned from the city
because such services ‘easily
become a front for prostitu-

W. Van waiting for
right to cut trees

TREES REMAIN a
growing issue for West
Van District despite
waiting a year for pro-
vincial government

legislation to grant the
municipality rights to
cut its own trees.

Last year West Van, in
response to requests from
British Property
homeowners, decided to ask
the provincial government
for legislation to regulate tree
heights in the municipality.

Mayor Derrick Hum-
phreys, in a letter dated
Feburary 20, 1984, informed
council) that a number of
homeowners were interested .
in controlling ‘‘tree height ...
for the preservation of
views...°”

Humphreys at that time ex-
plained to the homeowners,
council did not have the
authority to give permission
to people wanting to cut or
trim trees to maintain their
views.

It was decided by council
members to ask the
municipal affairs ministry in
Victoria to amend the
Municipal Act so that West
Van (or any other municipali-
ty) could have the power ‘‘to
create view mantenance areas
at the request’’ of
homeowners, ~

Municipal Affairs Minister
Bill Ritchie, after receiving
West Van’s request, said he
was ‘sympathetic to (coun-
cil’s) concerns’? and would
deal with the matter as soon
as it was feasible.

However, Ritchie’s most
reent letter dated January 15,
1985, indicates that ‘‘the
overall matter of tree cut-
ting’? has still not been
resolved.

As it stands, West Van still
cannot lop branches off trees
interfering with views.

But, Ritchie did offer some
optimistic words in that he
said the matter was still under
consideration as a part of a
broader packaye of proposed
changes to the Municipal
Act.

He added that he hoped
West Van would have the re-
quested amendments, thus
authority, by some time this
year.

Until then, though, people
whose panoramic vistas in

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