410 ~ Friday, April 19, 1991 - North Shore News

NVC to allow additional liquor licences

USERS OF Mahon Park facilities will be allowed seven
special occasion liquor licences this year rather than the six

allotted in provincial guidelines,

after North Vancouver

City Council agreed April 8 to issue one additional permit.

The North Shore Sportsman's
League was originally denied a
special occasion liquor licence for
its April 21 charity soccer game
benefiting the Lions Gate Hospital
(LGH) Foundation.

Francis Caouette, the city’s
administrative co-ordinator of de-
velopment services, said that ac-
cording to provincial regulations,
the city is permitted to approve six
licences per year in each of eight
city areas.

The two indoor facilities in
Mahon Park are both within the
same city area, so must share in
the six licences. He said the
Sportsman’s League’s application
was the seventh to be received by
city staff this year, so it was turn-
ed down.

Because of Mahon Park's size,
it is the most popular area in the
city. Caouette said a percentage of
events set for the park are
therefore turned down each year.

But he said an additional
Mahon Park permit could be sor-
rowed from another city area,
because only 15 to [8 of the 48
available city permits are issued
each year.

Sportsman’s League president
John Palmer appealed to council
to allow an additional permit
because the league’s event is for

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charity and because the league was
unaware of the limited amount of
licences available and the need to
apply early.

He said the organization raised
$3,000 last year, primacily from
their beer garden.

While approving Palmer’s re-
quest by borrowing a permit from
another of the eight city areas, ci-
ty council rejected the idea of
establishing a committee that
could, according to the provincial
liquor control and licensing poli-
cy, approve unlimited numbers of
permits for each area.

Opposing the idea of extension
“in principle,’’ Ald. John
Braithwaite pointed out that if the
city approved this request, ‘‘to be
fair’? they would be obliged to
hear and approve requests from
other organizations.

The number of special events
must be limited for the sake of
neighborhood preservation, said
Ald. Stella Jo Dean, who added
that the noise, parking and other
problems have a negative impact
on the neighborhood.

While questioning Palmer, Dean

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learned that the event will take
place approximately from If a.m.
to 5 p.m., but the liquor permit
limits the league to 1% hours of
liquor service.

While Mayor Jack Loucks and
Ald. Bill Bell expressed similar
concerns to those raised by
Braithwaite, both voted in favor
of the extension.

Loucks suggested an absolute
limit of seven licences for 1991
only, saying ‘‘§ hope that they've
(the Sportsman’s League) learned
their lesson and will put in their
application for 1992 now.’’

Council voted 4-1 to approve
the permit.

Braithwaite was opposed, and
Aldermen Rod Clark and Barbara
Perrault abstained from voting
because of their involvement with
LGH.

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