- briday, September 25, 1987 — North Share News LOSING MONEY OPERATION } LOCAL ALE lovers will be crying in imported brews at the end of this month when the last production from the Troller Pub’s Horseshoe Brewery runs dry. Troller co-owner David Patrick said Wednesday the Horseshoe Bay pub had decided to close its cottage brewery Sept. 18 because the operation was losing money. “Tt was a sad decision in many ways,’ Patrick said. ‘tlt was a five-year venture that really did well for us, put we had had enough. It was costing us twice as much (to produce the pub's home brew) as what it costs us to buy a keg. And it (the closure) will open up other options.”’ Included in the options, Patrick said, was the opportunity for the Troller to feature other B.C.- produced ales and, perhaps, British draught products, He estimated supplies from the brewery’s final production will last until the end of September. The Troller became North America’s first brew pub when it opened its Horseshoe Brewery and was licensed to brew its own ale in 1982. Other B.C. pubs followed the Troller’s fead and a new cottage By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter brewery industry sprang up in the province. The Troller, under the direction of owners Patrick and his partner Don Wilson and Horseshoe Brewery brewmaster David Bruce-Stewart, added three new brews to its original Bay Ale and Royal Ale last Christmas. At peak production, the brewery was producing 45 kegs per week. But Patrick said federal and provincial tax structures governing micro breweries had increasingly made the pub’s brewery a financial fe ury. According to Patrick's figures, B.C. taxes add 50 per cent to the wholesale price of the beer pro- duced by his brewery. Five micro breweries closed in 1986: Campbell River’s North Isjand) Brewing Co., Bryant's Brewery in Maple Ridge: Surrey’s Mountain Ales; the Cellar Brewery in Nanaimo and Victoria's Victoria Mialung and Brewing Co. Patrick said the near certainty that the provincial government will adopt a Liquor Policy Review ree- ommendation to allow imported draught beer into the province was another major factor in the deci- sion to close the brewery. TROLLER co-owner David Patrick...°'1t was a sad decision in many ways.” WILLIAM TELL-IN-TRAINING, Jamie Franklin, takes aim during an archery practice al Sey-Lynn Hall. Archery is just one of many classes being taught this fall in the District of North Vancouver until Nov, 2. Phone Karen Magnussen Arena for more information. PUBLIC MEETING SLATED Marina owner changes From page 1 Bowen Islanders are fighting for preservation of more than their own immediate environment. He said the GVRD’s Crippen Park is a facility for all Lower Mainland residents and any development that they believe was not consistent with the character of the park would ruin it for everybody. The marina’s accompanying businesses, he added, would com- pete unfairly with the area's ex- isting businesses, because they will, in effect, be government subsidized if Dike gets federal and provincial funding needed to assist’ in’ the construction of such things as the development’s break water. In addition, Rich complained the GVRD‘s approval in principle of Dike's proposal had not gone through the proper planning pro- cess and had been an “ad hoc” decision. “There has been no significant public input,"’ Rich said. But Dike said he had been to more than 15 meetings on his marina expansion over the past two years, “this thing's been public inputted to death.” Hankin said what will be pres- ented to residents at the Oct. 3 mecting on Bowen Island will be the terms of an agreement that will form the basis of a letter of intent for the marina expansion. The GVRD, he said, has never been in the position to give final approval for the marina expan- sion, but could present a major stumbling block for the original expansion proposal if the GVRD > game plan did not like the terms of the plan presented oy Dike. in return for using a portion of GVRD's Snug Cove water lot lease, Dike, under the terms of his previous proposal, would be obligated to provide a usable, at- tractive and safe waterfront at Crippen Park (quay or waterfront walkway); leave a safe, graded beach; give the GVRD public ac- cess through his property to the park: provide a minimum of 20 spaces for casual boaters and in- corporate a boat-launching facili- ty. Because he will not need any of the GVRD's water lot lease. Dike said his latest proposal will not in- clude a promenade for Crippen Park or access to the park through his property. i i ! | Weather: Friday, cloudy with afternoon sunny periods. Saturday, mostly sunny. Highs near 18°C. | A, INDEX Classified Ads Doug Collins Editorial Page Entertainment Home & Garden Horoscopes Bob Hunter TV Listings What's Going On SECOND DECISION PENDING Supreme Court upholds NVD Suite crackdown A B.C. SUPREME Court decision has upheld North Vancouver District bylaw amendment attempts to clamp down on illegal suites in homes. But a decision is pending on a second, separate challenge to the municipality's single-family zon- ing bylaw. In response to a suit filed June 26 by district resident Ron Gam- ble, Mr. Justice Lloyd McKenzie ruled Sept. 11 that the single- family-zoned home occupied by Gamble constitutes two separate and distinct suites. Gamble argued the zoning bylaw in-place before bylaw amendments made in July, didn’ t prohibit second suites. . “The decision confirmed * our opinion of what. the ~bylaw meant. It established that even before the. amendments, you couldn't -have ‘second’ suites,’’ said Bob...Bauman of Bull Housser and ‘Tupper, the lawyer representing the municipality. But said Gamble, “The judge never really answered the’ ques- tion. He got more invoived with the details of the house rather’ than the question posed. Who the heli cares if a house has two doorbelis? “The issue wasn’t addressed of whether or not the house con- forms to the bylaw. The judge alse did not address the issue of five people or family definition,’ he said. Under the district’s single- family-zoning bylaw up to five unrelated people and two boarders qualify under current family definition. But said North Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker: “The question of whether or not there are illegal suites in the district has been established.” Although Gamble said. the legal challenge has cost him ap- proximately $5,000 to date, he is considering appealing the. decl- sion. Said Gambte: ‘It's a concern of a fot of people, so I have tc follow this through. If T lose this, I move. I'm not going to live ina house that is egal." Bauman said Gamble has 30 days as of Sept. 11 to file a novice of appeal with the Court of Ap- peal Registry. Madam Justice Mary Southin reserved judgment Sept. 18 on a second B.C. Supreme Court challenge to a district iNegal suit policy launched July 24 by North Vancouver lawyer Peter single-family zoned district By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter Faminow. -Faminow Is seeking a deter- mination that. the district’s July 13 zoning wxendment bylaw be deemed illegal and void. Faminow argued the amend- ment bylaw surpasses powers granted... municipalities in. the Manicipal Act by-zoning on the Uisis of “the . relationship of single-family dwelling occupants rather than- on - the, basis of bailding use RESIDENT Ronald Gam- bie...“‘Who the hell. cares if a house has two doorbelis?”’ . Said Bauman: “He argued on the basis of the 1979 Regina and Bell. case in Ontario. A. North York bylaw defined family as people related to each other. The Supreme Court ruled the defiai- tion as gratuitous interference. “Later cases expanded the definition of family to include common-law relationships and put a cap on the number of unrelated peogle living together deemed reasonable,” he said. Bauman argued for the district that the municipalily’s approach to regulation was a reasonable response to a difficult social issue. He said the court challenges have not seriously affected the timing of district iNegal suite pol- icy implementation. “A reserved decision indicates the matter isn’t obvious,” he said.