NVD: gambling
bylaw defeated

NORTH VANCOUVER District
Council defeated.a gambling bylaws FP should haye read 750 ml, not 1 tie, ne special i is in effect ual:

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“specific commercial zones. : \

Council agreed 10 prepare a new
bylaw restricting . gambling to
: public “assembly zones. Bingo and.
casino halls would be operated by.
-nlon-profit societies only. 5

+ > After. niuch apposition from the

* community. and © church, groups,
council: reversed its ‘original deci-
sion to consider a bylaw permitting ,
bingos and casino: halls to operate.
in specific public and‘ commercial
zones within the municipality. ‘

a Ald... Craig’ Clark,~: however,’
disagreed with=the new. proposal,
saying that ‘commercial zones are
the’ only. places where’ gambling ._
should be permitted. .

2 “Canimercial «zones. “can ac:*
commodate | parking . and noise ~
levels associated with this. kind of *
_activity. Churches and. schools are
“not designed for this."*:;

But Mayor Marilyn. Baker said
she. has “complete. confidence’*-
“that non-profit - organizers: will
keep a Aight control’? over gamble

ing operations. | :

The City of: North Vancouver
has prohibited commercial, gambl
ing.. Only” bingo. is: ‘allowed ‘to

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