Chemical storage ban looms

By PAT RICH:

The first step towards banning the storage
of hazardous materials in the District of North
Vancouver was taken Monday by District

council.

By a vote of 5-2 council
passed a motion to have staff
prepare an amendment to
the zoning bylaw to prohibit

the above ground bulk
storeage of hazardous
chemicals.

The move came during a
discussion of the Community
Hazards Task Force Report
tabled November 10. but not
yet discussed by council.

The main recommenda-
tions of the report were to
move Hooker Chemical

from the North Shore and
restrict the construction of
similar facilities.

Mayor Don Bell told coun-
cil that a lengthy discussion
of the recommendations
would have to take place
next year but he said action
should be taken on a couple
of items this year.

Time catches Crist out

North Vancouver District
Alderman Ernie Crist’s at-
tempt to discuss conditions
in a North Van apartment
building was shouted down

Monday as being inap-
propriate
Crist referred to a North

Shore News story Sunday
which told of a couple who
moved out of their Whitely
Court apartment after part
of the ceiling collapsed

Let’s be practical!

A recommendation to in-
vite the task force members
to continue for another year
was passed with little argu-
ment.

But the proposal to ban
bulk storeage of hazardous
materials was vehemently
opposed by Alderman Jim
Ball and John Lakes.

Lakes said although he
might support the idea in
principle “we are dealing
with a subject that could be

especially hazardous ... and
expensive.”
He felt the move could

have significant legal’ im-
plications and said he felt he
did not have enough infor-
mation to deal with the ques-
tion.

Ball agreed and _ said
“maybe we're overreacting
to the pressures thal are put
on everbody these days con-

He suggested that this was
“a ternble state of affairs.”
but before he could continue
Crist was told that council
only had five minutes left to
meet and he should phrase
his comments as a question.

Cnst said members of the
Distnct housing committee
should insite the owners of
the building to discuss the
subject

In an aside Alderman Jim

Ball commented it was

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But they were in the

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Alderman Mary Segal said
it is “appropriate that we
(council) set the wheels in
motion ... to exact a little
more control over storage of
hazardous materials.”

Bell asked council to “ac-
cept the initiative I’m taking
as mayor” and told council
members that any informa-
tion they wanted on the sub-
ject would be supplied
before the actual bylaw was
discussed.

During debate Hooker
Chemical was strongly
criticized by Alderman Gor-
don Rose for its failure to
send a representative to a re-
cent conference on hazar-

dous chemicals held in
Toronto.
“They were very con-

spicious by their absence.”
Rose said, refernng to the
fact that all other major
chemical companies set
representatives.

“none of council's business.”

In the News report last
week tenants wwere quoted
as accusing ‘management of
suggesting they should put
up with infenor conditions

because they were paving
low rents

The statement should
have read (owners Tenants

say the building managers
and maintenance man have
done everything they can do

to help the situavion.

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“I'm disappointed and
really upset that they didn’t
see fit to attend that con-
ference.”

Council deferred until
next week discussion of an
application thal is currently
before council to expand
chemical storage facilities at
one location on the water-
front.

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