demolishing the Burrard Funeral Chapel! oi Bylaw to be amended Residents living adjacent medically certified as being to agroup home proposed by with “special needs” at the the Ministry of. Human _ time. Resources for 950 Gladstone Council recommended Avenue, North Vancouver, that Human Resources apply will have a chance to speak for a rezoning under public DEATH OF A FUNERAL CHAPEL: A crane made fast work of Lonsdale Avenue, last week. But the issue of the chapel may haunt City Hall for a while yet. The owner of the chapel said he sold the building because of the high rental.on the _ site. And although, he said, he wanted to continue to operate a funeral chapel in North Vancouver, he said City Hall turned down numerous at a public hearing on an amendment to the group home bylaw, Alderman John Lakes told North Van District council Monday. The proposed amendment to the regulation of group assembly. But Lakes, in explaining the reason behind the amendment, told the chamber crowded with residents from the Gladstone area that provincial authorities have the power homes in the District will to override the allow children who do not municipality's group home comply with the present bylaw and allow such a requirement of “persons group home. with special needs” to live in He said that the province group homes. did not want rezoning to Council recently voted public assembly because it against the proposal for a group home at 950 Glad- stone for children whose parents are unable or un- willing to take care of them would mean a_ public hearing. But Lakes pointed out that residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions if the amendment is because the children, introduced ranging in age from five to However. once the. fifteen, were not those amendment is_ passed, clip this coupon! "BOS on any of our vitamin, herbal or cosmetic products! } (limit - one per customer) Betore you buy another vitamin ... . check our prices. because Vitamin Orscount Warehouse eliminates the middie man and passes the savings on to you With our 16 years experience and great selection of health and beauty aids. you can feel good again Phone or come in and ask for our tree cataglogue about feeling better main Vitamin Discount Warehouse 312 East Esplanade 988-3454 -— ee = ete eaten nN Pal | l I l l PS. | ; expires, May 18, 1980 f. | 1 1 l i i I = allowing a child who has lived in the District, or whose parents or usual guardians are residents, to reside in the group home, then no further hearings will take place on new applications for group homes in the District. Council decided that it wants such an amendment passed not only by the District but by the other two North Shore municipalties as well. ‘This would allow, said Mayor Don Bell. “for some flexibility in placing these children within such homes across the North Shore”. He said it would also allow a better age mix within group homes. Council was worried, however, that if the reciprocal amendment didn't pass in the other .two municipalities, the District public applications to relocate the business. City Alderman Elko Kroon noticed an advertisement in the North Shore News to this effect and he raised the matter in council on Monday night. Kroon wants a report on how many applications were made by the owner of the chapel and why they were turned down. North Vancouver now has only one funeral home inside its boundaries. (Ellsworth Dickson photo) Group home a stage closer the repository of group homes on the North Shore because of the availability of land in would become Mayor Bell said he would ask Human Resources to hold a public information meeting before the amend- ment is introduced at a the District. RIVIERA SPA Swimming & Fitness Centre regular council meeting. “| Men, Women — Swim 7 Days a Week $10 per MONTH (Average price on a course basis) ¢ 10 Supervised Ladies Exer- cise classes per day. * Conditioning body building areo « Remedial! Mineralized Whirl- poo! 108° F * Heat 78° F Swimming Pool * Sauna * Access to % mile track VANCOUVER NORTH VAN. 327.0408 980-9358 4\st & Fraser = West of Lonsdale on 14th On the spot coverage PAGE BI Recycling the trash PAGE C2 NS Indians grab win PAGE B3 travellers PAGE C6 Automotive @11 Classified A258 Entertainment 87 4 Food . C7 , Hayden Stewart Cb 4 Malibonx Art , Sports , 8. y | Travel C6 |, TV Time ce What's Going On