THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

B.R. Kirk DATE: February 14, 1991
City Administrator FILE: Interoffice Memos

Carlos Felip
Director of Planning

Zoning Bylaw Amendment - Gross Vehicle Weight
Planning and Development Committee - February 13, 1991

RECOMMENDATION :

It is recommended that Council approve in principle the following
amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to correct the gross vehicle weight
specified for commercial vehicles:

Replace Section 504 (1) with the following:

"(1) One truck or commercial vehicle not exceeding 4600 kilograms
(10,141.1 pounds) gross vehicle weight."

AND THAT Council authorize Staff to prepare the necessary Draft Bylaw
amendments to Zoning Bylaw No. 2240.

DISCUSSION:

The proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment ig to correct a discrepancy between
Traffic Regulation Bylaw No. .,i117 and Zoning Bylaw No. 2240 regarding Gross
Vehicle Weight of Commercial: Vehicles. :

In Bylaw No. 1117, Section 128 defines truck as "any vehicle licensed
under the Department of Commercial Transport Act for a gross vehicle weight of
4,600 kilograms or greater and designed or used primarily for the
transportation of property".

In Bylaw No. 2240, Section 504 currently states that one truck or
commercial vehicle not exceeding 3,630 kilograms gross vehicle weight may be
parked or stored in residential zones.

The Chief Licence Inspector and Bylaw Enforcement Officer has indicated
that the weight of a commercial vehicle, as specified in Zoning Bylaw No.
2240, should not exceed 4,600 kilograms gross vehicle weight.

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Carlos Felip; M<Arch., M.C.I.P.
Registeréd_ Flanner, Director of Planning
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