Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1994-11-02
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note: .■W4i4^«Wi! ^-S-wm^. :— —^— Courts§ asked to settle zoning issue ALDERGROVE - The controversial crematorium under construction here will be settled with a judicial review, after all. Councilor Trudi Canipen brought back township stafPs recommit!* dation to seek a judgment from. B.C. Supreme Court on the matter, to a special meeting of council Monday afternoon, where , her vote carried it. Canipen had been away on holiday the week before, when it was defeated by a diree-tliree split vote at council's regular meeting. Campen said the question could only be settled with certainty,!^ die courts, but on die odier hand, could not be delayed interminably. Township lawyer, ■Robert Baunian said that the summary application from the township could be heard within two or tliree weeks by die court r and Cariipen's motion diat a maximum of 40 days be allowed for a decision was approved by council. Personal Alternative Funeral Services has a development permit for die funeral home and crematorium at 3070 - 275A Street, but die building permit has been held back pending a resolution to die controversy. The holding company, Lawrence G. Little Management Corp. had purchased die lanfThere last summer, dfter township staff had confirmed in a March letter diat such a use was permitted in a C-3 zoned area. Architect's plans have been approved and die land has been cleared for construction, but no more work can be done without die building permit. Coun. Muriel Arnason said the crematorium oven would only occupy five percent of the funeral home's floor area, and diat the environment ministry monitors operations and there would be "no smoke or odours." She added diat die crematorium aspect would account for only nine percent of Personal Alternative's revenues and it would not be available for use by odier funeral homes, dierefore is "obviously accessory to the principal use of a funeral home." The court will be asked to rule on whedier a crematorium is a permitted accessory use to the prin…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442163
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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