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TTI teens mt nd mee nL te ARN RECUR RO a

MEMO

TO: Mayor and Council DATE:

FROM: Building Committee

The Building Committee met on September 24th, 1973. Present were Alderman
Thompson, Aiderman Mabbett, Chief Building Inspector Nick Chernoff and Ross
Dunbar Fire Prevention Officer.

The Committee discussed a number nf items and the following are for the
information of Council.

1. Bel Air Manor

Plans and comments have been received from the Fire Marshal's office and the
Chief Inspector will be able to issue a building permit provided that the owner
is prepared to make modifications to the building and meet fire standards as
recommended by the Fire Marshal's office and our by-laws. The Committee have
agreed that a permit should be issued under these circumstances. They have
suggested that where tenants must be evicted to permit reconstruction that
sixty days notice be given and that construction be completed five months after.

2. Landlord and Tenant Act

The Committee is still investigating this item. There has been an Intermunicipal
meeting on the topic and there may be a need for a further meeting before a report
is submitted to Council.

3. Provincial Building Standards

Council will recall that the Provincial Government instituted compulsory adopt:ion
of the National Building Code. This was instituted by the previous Provincial
Government and has been followed through by the current Government to provide

a uniform building standard throughout the Province.

When this move was made approximately a year ago the City objected in view of the
fact that it took away our authority to pass amendments to the by-law to meet
local conditions. Adhering to the Code will bring about a lowering of residential
construction standards and it would appear that commercial standards would
increase to the point that renovation of many of our commercial buildings in Port
Coquitlam would not be permitted. These anomalies were taken care of in our
previous Building By-law by certain amendments to the Code to meet local standards.

We no longer have authority to make these amendments.
The Conmittee will be reviewing our position with the City Solicitor and will be

submitting our comments to the Department of Municipal Affairs go that they are
aware of these problems.

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