Jolanda Waskito Contributing Writer HOT dog stands sepa- rated councillors con- cerned about city busi- nesses from others wanting a place to buy a quick meal. At the same time, North Vancouver City councillors were also wondering why no one attending the public hear- ing Monday night came for- ward to speak about the issue of whether food carts should be allowed in the city. > Clearly frustrated with the lack: of public input, Coun. Darrell Mussatto asked staff how citizens were informed of the hearing. City staff said they relied on advertising in edi- tions of the North Shore News to spread the word. The issue came about after the city. received a request from a vendor wanting to sell hot. dogs, srnokies-and vege- . tarian dogs on the west side of 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue and on the south side of Chadwick Court, beside the _ Lonsdale Quay bus terminal. City development services manager Francis Caouctte rec- ommended council not allow - mobile; carts in the city because they would clutter Stolen Mercedes found A $140, 000. Mercedes _.Was found last month parked in:the lane : behind the 300-block Of: West :15th Street in North Vancouver. © !An-off-duty RCMP officer become ' suspicious when he. noticed the 1996. luxury car had no plates. le “A check“of, the: vehicle . identification ~ number revealed that. the Mercedes was stolen in Toronto. ~ North, Van Mounties say - the car was: ‘put up as collater- alon a $63,000 Joan. “Police. say the identitica- tion. number had been altered. - . The car was impounded. « The investigation contin- ues. me ‘More cheese please A 28-year-old man faces shoplifting charges after a police officer watched him stuff six blocks of cheese down his pants at a produce store near 20th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. According to the North Vancouver RCMP, the plain- clothes officer watched the man walked out of the store without paying for the cheese on Jan. 15, James Alexander Robertson is facing charges of theft in connection with the incident. Bec re reer ececererre sre eee provide to sur- the sidewalk and unfair competition rounding restaurants. “Those food outlets oper: ating from within a building pay property taxes and operate all vear, whereas mobile cart operators would probably pro- vide their service only in che optimum months of thy year and would pay no property taxes,” stated a staff report. Mavor Jack Loucks agreed. “It’s untair competition and it clutters the streets,” he said. Coun. Stella Jo Dean also agreed, saving the city should “protect™ tax-paving business- s “in some way.” But Coun. Barbara Perrault said she didn’t know of any place in the city where she es Eaton’s oner could buy a hor dog. “It’s not on the local menu,” she said. “Some people don’t have time for a three-course meal and can only grab a hot dog from a vendor,” Perrault said. “We're not here to protect business but to enable busi- ness. They also lend charm to a city.” Her argument seemed to Clearance On now! Shop early for the best selectio to 50% Off : Up | s Designer Fashions Dest | r Friday, February 20, 1998 — North Shore News - 17 dog stands burn taxpayers: Loucks sway fellow councillors. “Some of the most inter- esting streets ve been to are cluttered and there’s ail sorts of things being sold,” Coun. 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