Al? - Sunday, April 24, 1983 - North Shore News

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN

Move threat faces NVD industries

INDUSTRIES

INVOLVED in

producing

hazardous goods in North Vancouver District just
might find themselves squeezed out of the
municipality if council decides to support certain
goals contained in District’s official community
plan revealed Monday night.

As outlined by Municipal
Planner Kai Kreuchen in
District's Official Plan Back-
ground Report, the proposal
paper is a statement for “the
entire municipality” and
defines economic, social and
environmental policies
“providing a basis for land
use regulating bylaws.”

Prepared as part of
District's mandate to
develop a community plan,
the background paper stems
from a motion passed in

January 1981 by then-
council members who in-
structed staff to produce a
background report which
defines current policies and

trends that could be in-

corporated into a
munity plan.

Kreuchen explained in a
letter to council the plan's
intent “is to provide an
understanding of the
community's evolvement
and trends affecting its
development.”

He also indicated

com-

the

City arcades
to get a break

ARCADE OWNERS will pay
a maximum of $1,000 in
business licence fees, North
Vancouver City council
decided Monday.

Council gave second and
third readings to a bylaw
which would require
businesses to pay $60 for
every video arcade machine,
with a maximum of $1,000.

The bylaw, if finally
adopted, will come into
effect in 1984.

The decision ended a

months-long debate on the
number of game machines
allowed and how much in
business fees should be paid
by the owners of = such
machines. Council
previously restncted the
number of machines. to
eight, with the = arcade
portion of a business stnctly
as an auxilhary use
Businesses with more than
eight machines will not be

allowed to install more

machines.

The bylaw passed 4 to 2,
with Aldermen Stella Jo
Dean and Frank Marcino
opposed, though for dif-
ferent reasons. Dean
thought the fees were too
low, while Marcino con-
sidered them too hgh.

Mayor Jack Loucks, who
at first said a limit of $1,000
would be unfair to
businesses with few
machines, supported the
hmit, saying, “I think it’s
about time we made a
decision and we've done it.
Whether or not it’s the best
decision, it's better than no
decision.”

The $1,000 limit will affect
businesses such as Right On

Submarines and
Amusements) and Circuit
Circus, both of which have

more than 20 machines.
Without the hmit, they
would be paying more than
$1,500 in business fees next
year

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official plan is not an in-

flexible statement binding
council to its recom-
mendations but merely
“objectives which more

specifically focus on items
requiring policy formation.”
Contained in the plan,

however, under “proposed
economic objectives” for
District — which could

prove to be the noose for
industries — is a recom-
mendation from the plan-
ning department for council
to consider relocating in-
dustries cited as hazardous

to the municipality.

It suggests that council
should “investigate and
promote opportunities to
encourage relocation of
industries involving
hazardous goods
(production) and to examine
redevelopment op-
portunities for these lands.”

Alderman Ernie Crist, a
staunch advocate of in-
dustrial removal in District,
agreed with the paper's
recommendation of shutting
hazardous plants down for
residents’ safety.

“The report by-and-large
answers guidelines for
council objectives,” said

| ii

Crist.
“We should attract in-
dustries that are labor in-
tensive and we shouldn't
encourage coal, huge
sulphur loading industnes.

“They don’t fit in, they’

should move.

Other aspects of the of-
ficial plan deal with
population conccerns in the
community such as
providing for needs of all age
groups — housing, com-
munity services and wider
employment base.

Also addressed in the plan
is provision of a balanced
housing stock and efficient
land use.

eg.
Sale

Economic matters dealt
with include decreasing the
tax burden on homeowners
and a thrust to entice new
commercial and safe in-
dustrial ventures for District.

Transportation issues
covered in District's official
plan concentrate’ on
developing a transit system
geared to satisfy the needs of
the present residents, new
housing and employment
growth.

Council, ' meanwhile,
passed up debate on the plan
recommendations and
received the report for
future policy and planning
discussions.

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