4 - North Shore News - Wednesday, May 3, 2000

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Perrault joins Anti-Fencing Code committee

Anna-Louise Pentland Contributing Writer

NORTH Varcouver City is closed to new pawnbrokers and sec- ond-hand dealers until further notice.

Council voted on Monday night not to accept or process any applications for business licences for stores dealing in

~ second-hand articles until the city finds a better way to reg- ulate their sale.

On Aprit 17, Mayor Barbara Sharp and Coun. Barbara Perrault brought for- ward a proposal to prohibit the establishment or refoca- tion of existing pawnshops in the city, alleging they were linked to the resale of stolen goods. The motion found unanimous. approval. “It’s teally all been said. What we’re saying in the regulation is that we need more rigorous regulation of pre-owned materials,” Perrault said.

_ Not everyone is in agree- ment. “I just think there’s no understanding that the peo- ple inthe city are poor. If they close | second-hand shops, I wouldn't have any clothes. We need second- hand stores,”. Sue Cook, a city resident and regular council observer, said.

But Perrault said pawn- shops, not. second-hand clothing stores, will be tar- geted after the ban on all new

»- stores has been lifted.

»” Perrault was also named. - by council as the city repre- sentative on the Anti-Fencing -Code Working Group, a committee established by the: Ministry of ‘the Attorney

5 MAN HORIZON

General. The Anti-Fencing Code will be a set of provin- cial guidelines to help munic- ipalities decide what provi- sions should go into a bylaw regulating pawnshops. It may also include best practices for related matters, such as the licens'ng requirements, approaches to enforcement and education, and a model bylaw that could be adopted by local government. Perrault hopes to use this forum to raise the issue of the obligatory 72-hour holding time for pawnbrokers before they can sell the used goods, which is regulated provincial- ly. She will advocate an

increase in the holding time to 2] days, the same amount of time most insurance com- panies allow for the reporting of stolen goods.

The working group is made up of provincial and municipal political, Jaw enforcement and social plan- ning representatives. Businesses and insurance companies are also represent- ed. The only other North Shore member is Chief Grant Churchill of the West Vancouver Police depart- ment.

The target date for com- pletion of the code is November 2000.

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