2 - Weekly Record, July 27, 1988 ee ae HOSPITALITY PAYS | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing with regard to the following amendments to BE ATOURISM - | AMBASSADOR District of Tumbler Ridge LAND USE BYLAW AMENDMENTS PUBLIC HEARING District of Tumbler Ridge Land Use Amendment By-Law No. 99, 1984 “By-law to Amend Land Use By-law No. 12, 1982” “District of Tumbler Ridge Land Use Bylaw No. 12, 1982” will be held in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Hall, 305 Founders Street, Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, August 2nd, 1988 at 6:30 p.m. local time. By-law No. 12 is propsed to be amended as follows:. (a); Section 2 - Definitions is amended by adding the following definitions: BOARDERS & LODGERS means a person who, in return for consideration has his place of residence a separate or shared sleeping room in a dwelling unit, and who is not a member of the family. BUILDING means a structure located off the ground which is designed, erected, or intended for the support, enclosure or protection of persons, animals or property. For the purpose of this by-law vehicles shall not be considered to be buildings. BUILDING INSPECTOR means the person duly appointed as such from time to time ey the Council and includes any person designated by the Inspector to act on his behalf. COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE means a use that includes commercial and one residential use which shall be contained in the same building and have a separate or outside entrance, except where the use is gasoline service station or motel, in which case the dwelling unit may be in a separate building from the commercial use. COUNCIL means the Municipal Council of the District of Tumbler Ridge. ° DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREA means a site or zone so designated in By-law No. 20, 1982, which allows for special conditions and regulations for development of any property within this area. DWELLING, ROW HOUSING means a block of at least three side by side dwelling units, with each dwelling having an individual exterior entrance or entrances and in which dwelling unit is separated from each other by a party wall. : DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY means any building consisting of one dwelling unit which is occupied or intended to be occupied as the permanent home or residence of one family, and containing not more than one (1) set of major cooking appliances. DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE means a dwelling or row housing where each dwelling unit is situated on a lot and capable of individual ownership. DWELLING, TWO FAMILY means any building consisting of two dwelling units each of a is occupied or intended to be occupied as the permanent home or residence of a amily. DWELLING UNIT means one or more habitable rooms, constituting a self contained unit with separate entrance and containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary Ho Abas to be used or intended to be used as the permanent home or residence of one amily. FAMILY means one or more persons related by blood or marriage or up to three unrelated persons jointly occupying a dwelling unit. FENCE means a railing, paling, trellis, tower or other screening forming a boundary to or enclosing some area. FLOOR AREA means the total area of all the floors measured to the extreme outer limits of the building, including enclosed porches, verandas, and balconies except areas used for parking. ~ NON-CONFORMING BUILDING OR USE means any building or use already existing which does not conform with all the regulations of this by-law, or any amendment thereto, for the zoning district in which such building or use is located. STRUCTURE means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground, but shall not include fences, walkways and paved driveways. YARD FRONT - by adding the following words to the exisitng definition: “except in the case of a corner lot, the yard where the principal building faces may be considered front yard for the purposes of fencing.” 3. Section 33(a) is amended by adding the following: (9) Sun-tannery, restricted to one unit per residence. 4. Section 36.A Clause (1) (a) is amended by adding the following words: “except in the case of a corner lot, the side yard fence adjacent to the street may be fenced a maximum height of one metre.” 5. Section 3X7) is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: Council notes The regular meeting of District Council was call- ed to order by Mayor Mike Caisley, with Alder- men Fox and Brimmage absent. Linda Taylor addressed Council about the Animal Control By-law #171, Schedule A. Taylor told Council she felt the by-law penalized people who had well-mannered dogs that could be easily caught by the pound keeper, as they were charged double the amount charged owners with dogs running at large. Taylor told Council that the by-law, as now interpreted by Greg Wiens, encourages people to hav@ elusive or threat- ening dogs which cannot be impounded. She added that the additional penalty of $35 for running at large, plus the $35 im- pounding fee, is excessive and she felt a reimburse- ment for the running at large offence was in order. Alderman Rose said he did not feel this was intended by the by-law. Alderman Davies con- curred with Rose’s state- ment and said that Coun- cil will have to clear up the problem. If the wording of the by-law is incorrect, then it must be changed. Davies added that the intent of the by-law was not to penalize the dog that occasionally gets out, but rather to go after repeat offenders and own- ers of vicious or nuisance dogs. A letter from Stephan Rogers, Ministry of Transportation and High- ways, announced the ap- proval of a grant for $350,000 to assist with the ongoing development of the Tumbler Ridge Air- port. The funds will be pro- vided by the province’s Air Transport Assistance Program and are to be used to finance the com- pletion of the runway base at the airport. Alderman Southard told Council the grant was welcome, and. it was a relief to have received it. She further congratulated the staff and Mayor Mike Caisley saying, ‘‘If we did not have the excellent communication with the provicial government, we would not have gotten it.”’ Southard added that the $50,000 left from last year’s grant would most likely be used for com- munication, such as a telephone and the struc- ture to house it, at the airport. Council commented on the renewal of John Blade’s North East Ca- ble’s license for Tumbler Ridge. Alderman Davies want- ed to know what role Council would play in the Community Channel and what the timing and make up of the new channel was. It was suggested by Mayor Caisely that John Blades be invited to ad- dress Council regarding his plans and ideas. A letter was received from Mayor W.R. Whal- ley, the District of Mac- kenzie, congratulating Tumbler Ridge for win- ning the Crownlife Parti- cipaction Challenge. Tony Goode informed Council that a Tumbler Ridge flag has been order- ed and will be sent to Mackenzie where it will be flown at Town Hall. A motion was passed authorizing a parade per- mit for the Chamber of Commerce for the August 20 parade for Fall Fair Days. Council also received an invitation to participate in the August 20 parade. Mayor Caisley instructed Tony Goode to check into this. MLA Jack Weisger- ber’s response to the letter of concern by Dr. Nigel Myers about the lack of air ambulance service for patient Warren Bassett, who sustained serious in- juries, was received. Weisgerber’s letter had been addressed to Peter Dueck, Minister of Health, and _ requested that several issues regard- ing emergency _ service should be addressed by the ministries responsible. Council discussed Quin- tette Coal’s letter request- ing intervener status at the Northland Utilities Public Hearing scheduled for Ju- ly 26 in Tumbler Ridge. Council discussed the Library’s proposal to in- stall a bulletin board in the library that would act much like classified ads. There would be a charge for its use with the idea of it being used as a fundrais- er for the library. Mayor Caisley said he had a problem with the charge, adding that if he were in the newspaper business he would be of- fended. Alderman Rose, who attended the board meet- ing where it was discussed, said by charging it would not detract from the news- paper. Alderman Davies said he was not against the bulletin board, but to be consistent, he didn’t think it should be in a public facility and charging. Alderman Calverley a- greed with Rose that pay- ing would make it fair competition. Caisley told Southard to go back to the board and relay Council’s con- cerns, however, the issue was again raised during Aldermen’s business when Alderman Rose made a motion that Council a- gree, in principle, with the concept of a bulletin board. This motion was then tabled, with Davies making the tabling mo- tion. : It was decided to have the media and the Library Board come to Council to discuss the matter. A letter from the Peace Continued on page 10 (7) Accessory Building - Structures and Uses (a) An accessory building or structure shall not be used as a dwelling except as otherwise! provided in this by-law. : (b) | Accessory buildings or structures are permitted in all zones provided: Except for attached carports and garages, which shall have a common wall with the principal buildings, accessory buildings shall be located at least 15m from any front property line, at least 2m from any principal building and 1.20m from any lot line except as provided in clause iv. (ii) Accessory buildings shall not be located in a front yard. (iii) Height shall not exceed 4m. (iv) On corner lots, accessory buildings and structures shall be placed so as to retain the same yard from any flanking street as the principal building. (v) Any one accessory building shall not exceed a length or width of 7.50m and. maximum floor area of 50 sq. m. (vi) There shall be no more than 60 sq. m. in floor area or accessory buildings on each registered site. (vii) Greenhouses which are temporary in nature may be located 0.90m from side and rear property lines except as provided in clause iv. A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected at the Municipa! Hall on any business da between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. local time (except Holidays). At the hearing all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard on matters pertinent to the Bylaws. Submissions will not be accepted after termination of the Public Hearing. R.A. Miles | Clerk-Administrator District of Tumbler Ridge. July 12, 1988 Z These two wee ones could not be distracted with the camera during their Sun Fun sleep over in Room 5 of the Community Centre. It appears the movie was much more interesting. -