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Parking: a problem?

Cow Bay and Geo Hills Way

This Atlin terminal lot filled in non tourism season – mostly employees?

 

 

The with line above is aimed at 2 trucks that have not moved in weeks

  During the winter only this parking lot at Atlin Terminals is routinely full –

Cow Bay area has special parking/ development guidelines which should be addressed in OCP update -

Main ‘problem’ is that this lot was supposed to be sold to recover ‘Uplands’/ Cruise ship dock expenses

(see my ’03 series on future cruise ship docks—and may ’06 where City soliciting buyers for Atlin parking lot


Down side is that potential buyers would ‘steal’ tourism from ‘local’ shops

 

This white trailer has been there since December – no license plates – requires a ‘complaint’ to remove (see below)

This Lot at Rushbrook floats will be pay

See my previous where parking tickets will be sold by next season for parking in Rushbrook area --- but won’t this just push boat trailers etc down towards Cow Bay?

Gord Howie told me the City has this covered – George Hill Way will now be 2-3 hours parking maximum --- and it will be enforced – so no need for more meters

 

See this earlier article from Kumar era – where parking revenue was to be 200T$ by 2007

 

 

A Perfect parking Lot?

Large empty field next to Canfisco appeared to be ‘perfect’ solution – people wanting parking for day to weeks could pay to park here (while line to left – and ‘field in image below

 

 

City Staff agreed that it sounded good --- main problem is that the site has contaminated soil from a century of industrial use – from sawmills to canneries

 

Thus ‘paving it’ and turning into a parking lot is not an option unless/ until contaminants dealt with

--- which meant sending it to Alberta – though more recently mobile remediation rigs have become ‘workable’ solution

 

‘Complaint driven’

 

 

City Council policy?

I have heard this before – we won’t enforce our own bylaws unless/ until there is a complaint

 

So why are Bylaw enforcement marking car tires daily to ‘ticket’ cars downtown? Doesn’t take a complaint in this case --- my jaundiced view is that City Council enforces bylaws mainly for business community --- and not ‘citizens’

Bottom line is Citizens should make ‘complaints’ – get it in writing – and ask to be notified about outcomes

 

Created by LG on March 6, 2007

Last updated on Tuesday, March 06, 2007