; came tall enough to block out the apartment behind, . SUMMER’ SWARM temperatures make . life uncomfortable for Erlean Steele because of _ the odours from the Summit Square garbage containers placed up against her backyard. Garbage smell afflicts resident - .. By KAT LEE | A HAUGLAND AVE. woman: hopes city officials - will find a solution to a smelly problem. : Four. large garbage dumpsters. from the nearby ce Summit Square apartment building are located right at ~ the edge of Erlean Steele’s backyard fence, and when the summer heats. uP, | the’ stench becomes overpower- ing. - : a “I ¢ can’t even use my backyard, ” she said. “How: ~ come I pay land taxes when I don’t use the land?” -. Steele and her husband bought the property 25 7 years ago when beyond their backyard was just a large --empty lot. An apartment building has since been built _-behind her house, and Steele planted cedar and maple — trees to gain a little Privacy. , Around five years ago after the backyard trees be- _ the dumpsters were placed up against the backyard, far ‘from the apartment building. Steele said the smell has gotten progressively worse over the years. : - »* “Just’because you can’t see the cans doesn’t mean ; you can’t smell them,” Steele said. "A fifth dumpster is located behind another property “for the 94-unit apartment complex and garbage i is col- lected only once a week. : me “Tt doesn’t bother anyone over there because it s : far away,” Steele said. “It just bothers us,’ ’ she said of . “herself and her neighbours. ~ ing with the situation. A city official visited Steele last week after she made numerous calls for assistance. “It’s definitely an issue we have to deal with,” said _Marvin Kwiatkowski, the director of development ser- vices for.the city. .“T had-a hard ‘time standing there,” he said. ‘Kwiatkowski: met with’ the mariager of the apart- ment Aug: '19:to’see what-could be done about the problem and suggested putting bleach in the dump- sters, which had already been done. He said that part of the problem was that although the dumpsters are locked at night, people get into the — .dumpsters during the daytime. . ’ The bags are ripped open as people rummage through them and garbage spills all over the place. Kwiatkowski said he’ll see .if the dumpsters can be- moved away from Steele and her neighbours. “Tm sure other. people have the same problem,” said Steele, adding she has had enough of the smell - The apartment’ s building and maintenance manag-" , _ er declined to comment, saying that the city was s deal- an after five years. - From: front Neighbours bothered But, city planner David Block re-iterated last week what he said in May in response to the petition, namely that the zoning is in place for the plant’s location and that the paving company is complying with emission tests overseen by the environment ministry. “We. can’t rezone after the fact, ” Block says. “think (Standard Paving) would have something to say about . that.” Michele Scott, part owner of the new paving company, says the plant has made ‘the necessary modifications after a failed first stack test conducted on its first day of opera- _ tions. “We knew modifications were needed, so we did our first ‘sample after only 10 hours of operation,” says Scott. “We expected the results.” .The company has 90 days to have the plant’s emissions : checked again is confident the equipment will pass the next test. Asphalt companies starting up after 1997 have stricter compliance regulations when it comes to emissions of par- ticulates, carbon monoxide and organics, says an environ- ment ministry official. “Existing companies (established: before 1997) have less stringent regulations outside the Lower Mainland,” says Norm Fallows, a Smithers-based emergency response offi- ‘cer, who adds new plants outside the Lower Mainland now have the same standards as those in Greater Vancouver. : While the company waits for its emissions re-test, Scott says a new petition has been signed by “basically all the resi- dents and businesses in the are company. Only one business has objected, says Scott, and it has even before the plant was fired up. “Yeah, I was opposed before the plant started operating,” says Danroth. “People have to realize how bad it is. 1 don’t want people to lose their jobs, I just, want the Plant moved 1 somewhere else.” ; a” in support of the asphalt - 4 §)=RCMP SAY a local man has confessed to attempt- “. ing to rob a local health food store. Shane Jordan Howard, 25, was charged with robbery using violence, uttering threats to cause physical harm and failing'to comply with the con- .. ditions of an undertaking following an Aug. 17 in- ' cident at Sangsters Health Centre on Greig Ave. He appeared in Prince Rupert provincial court Aug. 22 after being arrested and being kept in : custody! 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