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Supreme Court grants permanent injunction to NVD to restrain shooters THE BIG: guns have finally been silenced in a long-running feud between a group of Lyan Valley residents and the North Shore Skeet Club (NSSC).

By Kate Zimmerman and Martin Millerchip

B.C. Supreme Court Mr. dustice John Bouck has granted North Vancouver District's applica- tion for a permanent injunction restraining the “skeet club from breaking the municipal nvise bylaw.

A further. provisional order sought by the resi- dents was also handed down April. 13. Hrestrains the club from shooting pending trial of their cam. mon-law ouisance suit.

Both injunctions were effective immediately and will prevent the shotgun noise that has angered residents in the area of Robinson and Draycott roads for years,

“The important thing is that the decision in the district’s application is a permanent injunction,” said NVD lawyer Dan Bennett, of Bull, Housser and Tupper.

Bennett said that if the skeet club contravenes the noise bylaw again, a contempt of court aclian could be filed that could result in possible fines or even imprisonment of club directors,

But the more serious consequence to the club from the court ruling is that the distiict can now inform the Greater Vancouver Water District, which holds the NSSC tease. that the club ts in contravention of the district noise bylaw anid reyuest termination of its tease, forcing, the club off the North Shore.

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Although noise testing by health inspectors has found that the noise from shotgun shooting is within tolerance for “continuous sounds” the action was initiated under section 4a of the dis- tricUs noise bylaw, which covers the nuisance factor of noise.

FL states:

“No person may make or cause or allow to be made by any person, animal, bird or thing, any noise or sound in or on a highway or elsewhere within the District of North Vancouver which disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace. rest, enjoyment. comfort or convenience of the neigh- borhood or of persons in the vicinity.”

Said Jerry MacNeal, a member of the skeet club since 1957, “lm waiting to talk to a lawyer to see what we're going to do.

See Injunction page S

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