What some might consider to be
efficient or expedient, others might
see as a threat. This was the case

_ Monday night when council lis-
tened to public concerns on a
proposal to amend the city’s Cen-

Al6. Terrace Review. — Wednesday, October 3, 1990

City bows to

tral Commercial (C1) zone descrip-
tion to include neighbourhood pubs
as a permitted use. Following a
number of presentations, though,
the gallery won. Council, with
recorded opposition trom alderman

Pet(s) of the Week this week are an unnamed but
happy pair of three-month-old German shepherd cross
puppies, a male and a female. Both have been.
wormed and had their first set of shots. Staff at the
Terrace Animal Shelter, where the two are currently
boarding, say they’re well-behaved and affectionate
dogs. They’re just looking for a home.

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Details can be found in your community
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Contact the Terrace & District
Chamber of Commerce

to have your name placed on a
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CALL 635-2063

Sponsored by: .
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_ Honourable Stanley B. Hagen, Minister .

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. Honourable Slaniey B. Hagen, Minister

CREATING A CLIMATE
FOR GROWTH

pressure on |

Dave Hull, decided the change in
the bylaw was not a change for the
better.

The situation arose from a simple
liquor licence application from a
Single business. The Bavarian Inn
wants to give up their 250-seat
cabaret licence and replace it with
a 65-seat neighbourhood pub.
There’s not a fot of opposition to
this particular proposal. Still,
Bavarian owner Gus Gerdei has
been going through bureaucratic
hoops for many months and is still
waiting for the approval of the

Liquor Control Branch.
A year or so ago, this might have °

been relatively simple. Then there
was the Knight Stréet Pub affair in
Vancouver, and in the interest of
answering public concerns the
government added a few twists to
the Jaw. Municipal: councils are
now an integral part of the licens-
ing process and they now have the
final word in expressing public
desire.

That isn’t the prime reason for
the delay in Gerdei’s application,

but did have something to do with

Hull’s opposition to throwing out a

bylaw amendment that would

aliow the establishment of a neigh-

bourhood pub anywhere in the C1

zone. In effect, anywhere in down-

town Terrace.

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‘Council has fong held a policy

that it is wrong to offer "spot
zoning". In other words, to permit
one property owner fo partake in
an activity that his neighbours,
living in the same city zone, are
not. As mayor Jack Talstra
explained Monday night, this prac-
tice can result in a perception that
one particular business is being
favoured over another.

For that reason, although council
had already held a public meeting
and approved in principle Gerdei’s
application, when it came to the
zoning process abroad brush
‘approach to the definition of C1
zoning: was - favoured and an

amendment to the permitted uses

of that zone received first two
readings last month. That set the
stage for a public hearing on the
amendment, a public hearing that
attracted about two dozen residents
opposed to the change.

"I object to the rezoning for this
purpose. I do not wish to have the
possibility of a pub next door to
my business, or next door to my
church, or next door to. my resi-
dence,” said one. "I also suggest
that they (council) consider any
adverse impact that a neighbour-
hood pub would have on those
persons who reside in the area,

‘especially children and those who

may be ill and need a quiet area,"

pub zoning

said another. .
City aldermen argued the point
and it was considered that even
with "blanket zoning" every future
liquor licence: application would .
come before council for individual
approval. It was also considered,
however, that the law uses the
word "may", not "shall", in requir-
ing council to hold a public hear--
ing on each application; and while
that was their intent, it might not

‘be the view of future councils.

Council, therefore, was swayed by
public concem and opted for a:
motion made by Danny Sheridan .
to rescind the bylaw. amending the
Central~ Commercial zone and _
initiate a new bylaw offering "spot
zoning” to Gerdei’s property-only.
In his opposition, Hull explained
that he understood the public’s -
concern but said he felt there was
enough protection in the individual
assessment of each liquor applica-
tion. He offered a compromise by
Suggesting that the amending
bylaw be passed while a bylaw
effecting only the Bavarian Inn
was prepared, This would speed up
the process for Gerdei, a process

‘that has already proven to take far

too long. Others pointed out, how-
ever, that at the most it would only
cost Gerdei another two weeks and

‘a blanket change, once passed,

may never be rescinded.

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