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Honourable Mayor, Members of Council, Municipal Staff,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

The comments to follow are brought to your attention
with respect to the Proposed amendment to Port (Co uitlam's
Zoning By-law, the definition of “Light industrial" and ite
inclusion as a permitted use in the M-3 Clean Industrial Zone.

It is my intention through the words to follow to
convince you that such an amendment is unnecessary and too
restrictive. By approving this amendment you will create far
more problems for yourselves in the future than you may be
aware of at this time.

First, let me advise you that this b y
In order to convince you of this, on

and new uses were facing costly p
so that by-laws could be amended

For example - a Company that intended to make tents out
of a new type of material would not be permitted until the by-
law was amended to recognize the new material, even though tent-
making out of canvas was permitted at the time.

As a result, the Provincial Government advised Municipal
Councils to re-draft their zoning regulations in ander to "stream-
line and uncomplicate" the legal by-laws and make continuous
zoning amendments unnecessary.

Following the lead of many other local governments
(including the one in which I was employed at the time), thae.:City
of Port Coquitlam also set out to "streamline and uncomplicate"
their zoning regulations.

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