10 — Sunday, November 25, 1990 - North Shore News

Bed and Breakfast operators
disagree with City regulations

A BYLAW that revamps Bed and Breakfast regulations in
North Vancouver City was passed 5-1 at city council’s

Monday night meeting.

The new bylaw is an amend-
ment to the Bed and Breakfast
(B&B) business licence regulations.

Changes in the new bylaw in-
clude:

¢a maximum of two bedrooms
per single-family home to be used
for B&B;

*a maximum of three
bedrooms for B&B in homes listed
in the city’s heritage inventory;

@ and a requirement that B&B
operators provide one off-street
parking space per B&B bedroom.

Ald. Stella Jo Dean opposed the
bylaw, saying that if heritage
homes are allowed three B&B
bedrooms, they would need four
parking spaces on their property,
one for each B&B room and one
for their own use.

On properties with heritage
homes, four is ‘‘far too many
parking spaces,’’ she said, adding
that most would not have enough
space to allow them to comply
with bylaw’s parking regulations
and would have to take space

By Pamela Lang
Contributing Writer

away from their lawns to meet the
requirements.

B&B operator Sue Chalmers
raised the same question at a re-
cent public hearing.

She said that most of the city’s
six B&B homes are on bus routes
and their budget-conscious guests
will often come without cars.

They walk or take the bus for
transportation, Chalmers said, so
one parking spot for every two
B&B bedrooms is sufficient for
the needs of the guesis.

Chalmers also raised concerns
over the wording of the bylaw,
which defines rooms as being for
‘tourists’? and requires that
breakfasts be provided.

She pointed out that many of
her guests are not tourists, but
people wanting to stay close to the
hospital, or residents and visitors

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY COUNCIL

NMeeding temporary accommoda-
tion,

In addition, she said many
guests don’t want breakfast, and
Operators want the option of
charging them fess if they skip
that meal.

The concerns were echoed by
Donna Chalmers, who operates
another city B&B.

But she added that one re-
quirement in the new bylaw is
contrary to the provincial law that
regulates the use of smoke detec-
- tors.

The province allows battery-
Operated detectors and requires
them to be placed in the hall be-
tween bedrooms. But the city
bylaw calls for interconnected
smoke alarms located within each
bedroom.

Chalmers added that most city
B&Bs are non-smoking and the ci-
ty requirement will force operators
to install wiring that is costly and
unnecessary.

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