Al4 - Wednesday, September 12, 1984 - North Shore News

DURING OCTOBER : :
Over objections, district to burn

OUTDOOR BURNING will be permitted in the
District of North Vancouver for the entire month
of October, excluding October 31.

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By JOANNE MacDONALD

Bylaw 5732, Fire Bylaw,
Amending Bylaw 8 was
given three readings and
passed in a five to two vote
by District Council Monday.

The bylaw allows for dry
garden refuse such as grass,
leaves, tree and shrub prun-
ings to be burned by
residents. It also calls for the
GVRD Air Pollution Con-
trol Branch to monitor the
air quality throughout the
North Shore before, during
and after the burning period,
and for District residents to
be suitably notified of the
hours of the open burning
period. ‘

Specific guidelines call for
every fire to be attended by a
competent person, that fires
be located a minimum of 20
feet from combustible struc-
tures, shrubs or trees, that
each fire be limited in size
with a garden hose to be
kept nearby, and that smoke
and fly ash to be kept to a
minimum.

Guidelines also require
residents to take wind fac-
tors into consideration when
burning, and prohibit the
use of flammable or com-
bustible liquids.

Residents could be _ held
liable for any damage incur-

red as a result of the outdoor
burning.
Ald.

Shore municipalities may
provide long-term solutions
for the amounts of garbage
received and handled by the
District-run garbage dump
and landfill. me

Mary Segal, who

with Mayor Marilyn Baker
opposed the bylaw, said she
has been consistently against

_ a PEE
ALD. MARY SEGAL

BAKER
... Share opposition to outdoor burning

outdoor burning not only
for health reasons, but also
because the capacity of the
District’s landfill to hold
refuse which otherwise might

Segal said the District has
no way of knowing if burn-
ing is hazardous since a ban,
which would allow for the

testing of air, has never been
not be burned has never imposed. She commended
been assessed.

the City of Vancouver for
However, according to Timposing a burning ban, in

Ald. Joan Gadsby, the effect for the past year and a
Lower Mainland Refuse half.
Project and the recently Segal added she was sur-

received Solid Waste

: prised at the stand taken by
Disposal Study for the North

the..North Shore Union

Board of Health which
stated that, at this time, it
did not have any recommen-
dations on how - health
issue should be ac. -.sed in
relation to outdoor burning.

In February, 1984, a letter
was sent from the Board to
all three North Shore
municipalities advising that
backyard burning be con-
ducted during the entire
month of April. The Board
also called for the GVRD
Air Pollution Control
Branch to carry out before
and after air quality
monitoring during the burn-
ing period.

A report circulated to the
three North Shore
municipalities by the Branch
on June 22, 1984, stated the
North Shore had ‘‘lower
than normal suspended par-
ticulate ... with no measur-
able increase in general am-
bient air pollution during the
April burning period.”’

In its report, the Branch
concluded the low pollution
levels could be attributed to
the wet weather experienced
during the burning period,
which likely discouraged
people from gardening and
burning.

The District Fire depart-
ment received only 19 com-
plaints from _ residents in
respect to the April burning
period.