Al4 - Sunday, December 12, 1982 - North Shore News

WELL-RUN video. arcades have a place i in North: ,
Vancouver City, Alderman Bill Sorenson told.
City. council recently.

Sorenson was speaking in [
favor of lowering a p :
licence:...fee.. for. video
machines. He didn't.
ceed,.and the fee for each
machine will jump from $30.
- to $120 if the’ ‘bylaw is finally
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three readings: ~

also voted. to send
lanning

to replace . ‘these machines”
with the fast, “more add-
dictive” combat games, and
perhaps pornographic games
: as well, Wise told council... -.

make frequent v visits to video
arcades, he said. This.costs
money, and the money has

Alderman.

businesses. ‘with ‘three to thought

| @ight machines “would have

to be at least- 100 ;metres we
apart. . f
It was‘ the second heated - &
debate on video. arcades ines?
‘two meetings for -City~~
council, and, BS cat’; the ©

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“We. should have some.

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‘calls from ‘women’s groups’ § & Years
that are also concerned vs
about ynographic games. §
But Wise, a spokesman for’ §
an area amusements group,
said. there “ are no por
nographic machines: in the §f
Lower Mianland because of ff
self-censorship. |
Such games are mostly §f
meant ‘for home video ganic §
machines anyway, Wise |
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said.

But he warned that local
operators may bring in such
machines to make enough

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_ weren’ en't being treated fairly.

Sorenson ‘called them “a
small . group | of | ‘business
people . ‘that--seem--to. be
getting battered left, right

"};. and centre.”

And Hall said the ‘business
fees seem ‘to be designed
more. to “punish and

«discourage”. video machine

owners than to “control and
regulate” them.”

“Dean said ‘the three North
Shore municipalities. should

North: : Van; District is

= maximum of
four machines, “while West

- Vancouver has a bylaw that
to be retrieved somehow, he —

effectively 5, prohibits video
Dean said.

The “West Van bylaw

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_and 3,000 ‘square. metres for |,
@ third. No more‘than three
are-allowed.- In contrast,.the ..

City bylaw,

if adopted,
would only

require a

distance of 3.35" metres .

between machines: ~~ *
Hall. told Dean it would be
nice “if three

municipalities had the same

bylaw. Maybe. North. ‘Van:

District and West Van-
couver will change. their laws
when they see how good the
City’s. is, he

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