September 15th, 1975 /3.

The Report was then received for information.

From the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aug/75 Report
Animals, August 30, 1975 being the August 1975 Service Report on Pound Pca
Operation. Aiderran Keryluk commented on the report with respect to the
large number of pets that were found dead or were destroyed at the
owners' request.

REPORTS:
From the Building and Protection Committee, September 5th, 1975 Bldg.& Prot.

Comm.-Modular
with regard to Moduiar Homes and a request from Mariner Homes Ltd. to Home Construc

tion
meet with the Council to discuss modular home construction. Mayor
Campbell invited the City Building Inspector to speak on the subject and
Mr. Chernoff advised that the problem is not new and it is a question of
deciding under what terms this type of housing is to be accepted. He
advised that if it was decided to accept a 'C.S.A. Approved' unit, any
type of unit, whether it was considered compatible with the surroundings
or not, would have to be accepted if it had the C.S.A. sticker, and
there is no guarantee that the individual unit has been inspected. The
City Building Inspector also pointed out the loss in revenue from permit
fees as there would be no plumbing permit fee other than a hook-up
charge and the building permit would be pro-rated on the value of the
foundation only. Alderman Keryluk questioned the clause in the present
By-law that it had to be inspected by the City's Building Inspectors and ask-
ed if it would not be possible to accept the inspection certificate of

the Inspectors under whose jurisdiction the unit was built. Alderman

Sd
Traboulay noted that in Committee discussions it was made clear that it

was not only Mariner Homes that had to be considered but any change in
regulation would apply to any numzer of companies who manufacture ‘modular,
mobile, or pre-manufactured’ homes. Alderman Thompson expressed concer
over the safety factor in ‘mobile homes' and made reference to the
Keenleyside Report on Fire Services in British Columbia which he intends
to discuss in depth at a later date. Alderman Ranger noted that during
the recent U.B.C.M. Convention he and several of the other Aldermen took
the oportunity to visit Mariner Homes in Penticton and he felt that that
firm provided a good full basement home at a cost of approximately $20
to $27 per square foot which could compete with the more conventional
homes presently on the market. Alderman Thompson expressed concern over
whether or not a By-law could be drafted that would, in fact, include

some and exclude other types of homes. The City Clerk suggested that