Annette fartin
Contributing Wier .
NORTH Vancouver

District council voted.
for the environment

Nov. 20 by adopting
amendments to bylaws

~ that will prohibit the

idling of motor vehicle
engines while stationary .
for longer than three

minutes.
. The purpose of the amend-

ments: to Street and Traffic. -

bylaw -7148 and Nuisance
Abatement bylaw: 7149 is to
reduce noise and engine emis-
sions.

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Said Coun. Ernie.’ Crist,

" “The road to protect the envi-’

ronment is long and hard and

will take another generation to

be successful.”

“But we are educating the’
_ Younger generation.”

North’ Vancouver’ resident

. Brian Platts told council that

the amendments ‘would | be

unenforceable and - were note:

. ‘practical.

Platts told council; “It takes :

longer than three: minutes to
clear frost froma windshield
before it’s safe to drive.”

-He argued thar with norh-

ing written into the new bylaws
to say they would only be tsed

following a complaint, anyone -

could have a ticket slapped on
their windshield...

Plants suggested that people’
to defrost
and’ > be

be allowed leeway
their’. windshields’
encouraged : to. reduce“ emis-

“sions by tuning up their’ cars :

regularly. mo :
- Coun. , Doug © MacKay-
Dunn, : agreeing - with : Plarts,

said, “This isan arbitrary and .

unenforceable move.

“J would rather. see work
done on (reducing emissions
from) diesel trucks.”

Said Crist, “Our purpose is :

. not to Take a stopwatch behind --

* sidered. limiting the’

_ every car to see if it’s idling for

longer than three minutes. But
we are taking a stand.”
The issue of motor vehicle. -
idling has been identified as an
initiative | for. the GVRD Air
2608 program, where emphasis

_is- placed on initiatives which

raise public awareness of air’

_quality issues and the public’s
personal role in providing solu-
. tions. 7
. . That personal role could

* become costly, however, as sec-' -
- tion 16 of. bylaw: 7149 treads, .
= “Operation of motor vehicle ©

for more than three minutes in

_a 60-minute period while sta-:.
tionary, section 6(d); fine $50.”

Council had originally con:
idling of
motor vehicles to two minutes
in a 60-minute period, but felt
this time was too short.

° The” bylaw. ainendments .

don’ t apply to motor vehicles
in lanes of traffic, vehicles
undergoing repairs at a: motor
vehicle service - garage, | eme:

_ gency vehicles and- where: the
- operation of the motor vehicle

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In May of this year, Ni
Vancouver resident Corrie
argued against a bylaw

as. idling times for private
icles. 2

He urged. council to target
only | diesel-operated "vehicle
noting that. similar. legislation :
_ adopted : internationally “only
applies to diesel-opecated vehi
cles’ and’ excludes. vehi

rivate property,”
m : An "2 March 2006.
eit Savina
ment department manager, "aid
building and properties
Don -. Sigston
’ “Limiting th idling of
will reduce ‘noise; . improve air,

. quality general

‘reduice respiratory exposures

. localized air pollu

On Nov.°20