Tony Hamilton Access TOW: _ erupts” ; ‘TERRACE. _ Several Terrace businésses have recently. con- structed, new buildings or renovated old ones without pro- - viding ‘access for the disabled - and that, says the local branch ~. of the Paraplegic Association, is a breach of the building code. “Describing the failure to en- “sure sthe: buildings were - wheelchair-accessible as “‘disap- 6a Aad ” ‘oul - *~ pointing,” local program direc- 7 “ott Marie Hildebranct pointed ya a oe igh ie 3 force the code. : scided the of To comments a Pagans said. he was “appall- ed’? the buildings — .24 Video, River “Industries, “Terrace In- » teriors. and ‘All. Star Shoes — didn’t-have suitable access and ‘asked: what the city” planned to do: ‘about it. - * However, ‘city: building ‘in- spector: Bob. LaFleur maintains his. department ..is ' “enforcing the: book’’ and ‘the businesses named“ by” Clark are not re- quired to provide wheelchair ace cess. Although ‘the code ‘required new or renovated buildings which are not residential. or in- dustrial to’ provide ‘wheelchair . access, Lafleur, pointed dut there were exemptions. ~ A business could be exempt if the ramp would be’ impractical or cause a hazard, the building’s - floor space was under a certain size or it could not“reasonably ’ expect to employ; ‘a dis abled per- son.’' OTF e ‘you “took at “the municipality I think they are do- ing a good: job) There are even people ‘in‘the’ community who have put:in access where .they. weren’t required to,” LaFleur added. “He had ‘also explained the regulations and : ‘exceptions to . Clark:-prior. to -the letter. being sent to, council and ‘had ‘given him a copy of the. hullding code. * Council refetred the matter to today’s meeting. of: ‘the planning and public works committee. . ted robed: tae, of the: B.C. Supreme Court will begin sitting a ‘Tertace courthoiite, Fot the first tinte next week. The ‘change comes with. the mievger of the province’ Ss county. and supreme Court systems. The ° superior courts — which ‘ad- . Judicate serious criminal” ‘cases Ost, : in: part of. reform process aimed at making — .C,'s legal system simpler ‘and easier to acceds,:, : i Begaiiga: eliminated “and” in | wth the: Supreme Court; the Secdks to" a te thie aly to en- . TERRACE; -_ “Wildlife . and forest management: ‘techniques. used in some newly . reforested : areas don’t mix;: “gays an en-'. vironment ministry’ Tesearch biclogist, wn AS a. ‘result,’ Speaking ‘to: sth rth to” giv: more. valuable tree ‘species toom’ Teo’ And five.to'10 year: trees have grown'tdll ‘enough to * form a canopy,’the forest floor ' beneath again . Jacks ‘vegetation. .” As a result, he wildlife values can, exist for as , LEGISLATIVE PARL. ATTNY VICTOR vey 1x4. much as’ rat a eee) - ‘aid: “Tony : : Hamilton, wildlife will: have. to ° be given priority in: ‘some. CASES, “rolation petlod ae time it tak Feplacerss ees. the: ey issue. and the ” wildlife tie be increased by thinning tree stands to: ‘promote egetatl growth, he ut. that ould: simply. 2 ateatene Cohn. -have. “Priority ASSEMBLY TAHENT BLOG CARIN BC CAN a aneanteer ioe where wildlife ‘would Joey Parsons, of Orde Road, was playing on the pond beside Samson’s Poultry Farm on the bench when he fell through the ice March 23, Paramedics were unable to revive the boy. . The death sparked calls far 7 the draining of the pond, which /was formed when farm owner Stan Kinkead. dammed Heek | _.Creek.A. 1986 city, council order — had previously ‘called. for the “pond to be’ fenced’ off and- gradually filled in, Kinkead said he drained the pond last week by installing a 10-inch plastic pipe. ‘*There is no pond there anymore,” he said. ‘There are a couple of puddles left, but if a kid can wander in and drown there now, then there’s half a million places in town a kid can do the same thing.” Buta neighbour and environ- ment ministry officials aren’t satisfied with the size of pipe in- stalled to drain the pond. Bench resident Ben Webber — whose property was flooded by the pond — said the small pipe could be easily plugged...’ “They put in a 10-inch pipe,” - he said, ‘I’m no engineer, buta - pipe that size isn't going to be able to handle it. I'm amazed: that would have been dene.” Regional water management — head Wilf Dreher said he ex- pected Kinkead to use a larger - culvert, such as the three-foot size the environment. ministry had recommended. “This. came as a surprise to me,"’ he said last week, “It’s sort of a fait accompli and we're: now faced with something that's already: been done,” During heavy rainfalls the 10-inch pipe will: not be able to drain the pond, , Dreher added, “Even for the smallest drainage works we “recommend. culverts . of at least 18 inches,” But Dreher said i it’ 8 uncertain . Ministry, | Stan Kinkead the ministry will take any ac- tion, because it ‘usually leaves drainage in municipalities to local councils. ‘In this case the city. doesn’t seem willing to do anything further.’? Webber criticized the city’ for not ordering the problem cor- rected or to at least hand over jurisdiction to the environment “Tf council doesn’t know what to do they should give it to someone who can do something,” he said. “Obviously this is better than nothing,” he added. “It has diminished the danger. But why - not do it right for once?’’ aS t + ' mo, G ' Ste ee panna cut