The changes, which involve the area covered by the regulation, as well as wording changes, will take effect on Jan. 1.
Even though councillors Josh Carey and Keith Cormier were absent from Monday night’s meeting, the other five members of council, including the mayor, voted in favour, which was enough to pass the regulation.
Pender said he was glad to see the issue resolved after more than a year of city staff working back and forth with the DBA on it.
The zone will now be expanded to include additional properties on lower Mount Bernard Avenue, lower Caribou Road, Cobb Lane and lower Humber Road.
“I think the area it expands to, all those areas were willingly included in that extension,” he said. “It just demonstrates that they do see value in this organization.”
The current regulations were enacted in January 2009. The notice of motion was brought forward on Oct. 17 and advertised in The Western Star on four occasions in October and November. The DBA also forwarded a copy of the proposed changes to their membership twice. No comments were brought forward on the matter.
Deputy Mayor Bernd Staeben said, from the get go, council felt the changes “needed to come internally through the system,” with council simply being “a vehicle to provide an avenue of service for (the DBA).”
“I think they’ve done their due diligence to increase their membership,” he said of the association.
The changes, which involve the area covered by the regulation, as well as wording changes, will take effect on Jan. 1.
Even though councillors Josh Carey and Keith Cormier were absent from Monday night’s meeting, the other five members of council, including the mayor, voted in favour, which was enough to pass the regulation.
Pender said he was glad to see the issue resolved after more than a year of city staff working back and forth with the DBA on it.
The zone will now be expanded to include additional properties on lower Mount Bernard Avenue, lower Caribou Road, Cobb Lane and lower Humber Road.
“I think the area it expands to, all those areas were willingly included in that extension,” he said. “It just demonstrates that they do see value in this organization.”
The current regulations were enacted in January 2009. The notice of motion was brought forward on Oct. 17 and advertised in The Western Star on four occasions in October and November. The DBA also forwarded a copy of the proposed changes to their membership twice. No comments were brought forward on the matter.
Deputy Mayor Bernd Staeben said, from the get go, council felt the changes “needed to come internally through the system,” with council simply being “a vehicle to provide an avenue of service for (the DBA).”
“I think they’ve done their due diligence to increase their membership,” he said of the association.
