A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 11, 1996 Council | Faise alarms outlawed COUNCIL has introduced bylaws to slap a $100 finc on people who cause false alarms that eat up firefighters’ time. Fire chief Randy Smith’s worried about the number of hours being wasted when alarms are pulled in schools ar other buildings. : So far this year, the fire department has recorded 145 false alarms. Those accounted for more than 350 person-hours of time, Alley policy adopted ALLEYS outside the downtown core won't be maintained by the city. That’s the gist of a new policy adopted by city coun- cil recently. The policy says people wanting to use unmaintained alleys can do so at their own risk, Propery owners adjacent to alleys will be allowed to maintain the alleys for their own use, subject to ap- proval of the work by the city public works depart- ment. It also says alleys that ‘pose a significant risk to vehicular traffic” shall be closed to public use. HandiDART not handy WORD IS it could be at Jcast two to three years before the local transit system could acquire a second Hand- iDART bus for elderly and handicapped riders. The specialty bus is in very high demand, and the city had decided to look into the possibility of getting a sec- ond one. Now being explored is the possibility of local transit contractor Farwest Bus Lines renting the Terraceview Lodge bus to operate as a second HandiDART a couple of days of the week, Traffic light planned A NEW TRAFFIC light is planned for the corner of Park Ave. and Kalum St, , City director of engineering Stew Christensen said the new light could be in place by next summer, Money for the project is included in the city's 1997 praposed capital budget. Christensen said traffic is actually worse a block down at the corner of Lazelie Ave. and Kalum St. Buta light there would be very close to the lit intersection at Kalum and Lakelse. He said it was anticipated a light at Park Ave. would improve traffic flaw at Lazelle as well. Park designation waits A NEWLY LANDSCAPED chunk of city land on the southeast flank of the Sande Overpass wan’t be desig- nated as parkland just yet. That’s what city planner David Trawin bad recommended, But city council decided to wail and include the zoning change for the property in any fulure amend- ments of the Official Community Plan, in an effort to save staff lime. Save At Jeans North We've selected some of our best-selling styles and we're featuring them at special prices. Ona great selection of men’s and ladies’ fashions . . . jackets, sportswear, denim, dresses and more. Wrap up your Christmas Shopping at Jeans North Gov't locks in tourism plan TOURISM ASSOCLA- TIONS are getting less money then they thought fram the provincial govern- ment. But it’ll come in a more secure form than before, says Skecna MLA Helmut Gicsbrechl. Giésbrecht, who is par- liamentary secretary to tourism minister Jan Pul- linger, says the secure amount comes from a por- lion of the eight per cent provincial botel room tax. For the first year that amount, equivalent to one of the eight hotel tax’s percent- age points, comes to ap- proximately $12.5 million. The province will top that up by $6 million in the first year and then phase it out over three years. It’s less than an agree- ment signed earlier but that was when there were rosier economic times,’’ said Gies- brecht. That original agreement would have provided tourism associations with just under $24 million a year. . The money will go to a . | Helmut Giesbrecht new tourism agency called Tourism B.C, “Tourism B.C. can now plan for cost effective and efficient promotions,'’ said Giesbrecht. ‘‘Because they will get a guaranteed per- centage of room tax revenue, aS tourism grows, 50 will the amount.” The hotel room tax guar- antee is locked in and can’t be removed for other pur- poses, Giesbrecht added. “What this will do is separate the amount from any political whims,’’ he added. Council gives permit fee break PEOPLE who need a devel- opment permit for minor renovations are going to get a break from city hall, Council has agreed to city planner David Trawin’s recommendation that they creale a lower fee of $100 for development permits worlh less than $10,000, Up to now people building even small projects requir- ing a development permit have had to pay a minimum 250, Land-use contract amend- ments, however, are gelting hit harder, with fees rising from the present $250 to $600, Mayor Jack Talstra asked staff ta delermine whether development permit fees for the largest projects are high I] TERRACE «+ - SMITHERS « PRINCE RUPERT - enough to cover the city’s costs. The fees rise in steps from the newly created category of $100 for developments worth less than $10,000 up to $750 for developments larger than $250,000, “T don’t think we want to get a reputation for hitting developers for every buck we can possibly get out of them,” = councilfor = Val George said. 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