REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - APRIL 18, 2000
MOTION B

B. Billboards File: 2851

MOVED by Cllr. Clarke,
SECONDED by Cllr. Price,

WHEREAS the location of billboards may be annoying to residents of adjacent residential areas;

WHEREAS the Sign By-law stipulates that the front (copy area) of a billboard cannot be located within 60 metres of a residential area, however, there is no stipulation as to the distance between a residential area and the side or back of a billboard,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

A. THAT the Director of Current Planning be instructed to make application to amend the Sign By-law, Billboards Section 10.3.2: Location, Spacing, and Finishing, Part (c) (i) to remove the words "measured perpendicularly to the copy area at its mid point" and that the application be referred to Public Hearing;

AND FURTHER THAT the Director of Legal Services be instructed to prepare the necessary by-law amendment for consideration at Public Hearing.

B. THAT in accordance with Section 570 of the Vancouver Charter, which enables Council to withhold permits for 30 days for assessment and, following a subsequent report, a further 60 days pending conclusion of the proposed rezoning, staff are directed report to Council any applications which are at variance or in conflict with the proposed amendment for possible withholding action.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

MOVED by Cllr. Puil,
SECONDED by Cllr. McCormick,
THAT Council re-consider the whole issue of whether or not billboards should be a permitted use under the Sign By-law and that staff bring forward previously written reports for consideration at a Public Hearing.

- LOST

(Councillors Bass, Clarke, Kennedy, Daniel Lee, Don Lee,
Price, Sullivan and the Mayor opposed)

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