Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, October 16, 2013

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Up front: Cowichan woman gets submarined to undersea garden page 3 On stage: Top tenor brings tartan and memories to the local stage page 17

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Andrew Leong

Sensible B.C. Director Dana Larsen and the CannaBus made a morning stop in Duncan Oct. 13 before heading to Ladysmith and Nanaimo. The campaign to force a referendum on the legalization of pot is slightly behind on its goal of gathering more than 400,000 signatures by Dec. 5. For more information, go to sensiblebc.ca.

Cowichan Bay confident compromise can be made on floathomes Peter W. Rusland

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idding Cowichan Bay of floathome sewage has all stakeholders on the same page. And deciding how to hook all of the bay’s 20-some seaborne abodes to pump-out systems — eventually piping the wastes to the Tzouhalem Sewage Lagoons for treatment — is on deck at the Cowichan Valley Regional District. That’s where the electoral service committee is mulling residents’ concerns, expected to be aired after press time yesterday, toward a new

Attainable: New bylaw expected to create a new zoning for floathomes, as long as they have proper sewage systems

M4A zone. It would bring floathomes into legal status under the region’s official community plan ordering zero waste-water discharge. “Right now, there are no floathomes allowed in the bay,” said Director Lori Iannidinardo. A consulting engineer’s report, due soon, will help clear the floathome fog. CVRD staff aim to nail down zoning, and the right number of needed sewage-treatment units, to help owners keep the bay’s Cittaslow character and ecological values.

The first step, explained floathomer Julie Salisbury, is amending the CVRD’s draft bylaw currently stating ‘No residential use of floats, piles or vessels of any kind is permitted.’ “If this new bylaw is passed, we will all be displaced from our homes,” an email from Salisbury states. “We’re just not saying ‘Everyone out,’” said Iannidinardo, predicting a floathome zone inside several months. “There’s attainable (floathome) housing in the bay, but it has to be

dignified.” Residents want to hook up, noted Salisbury, “and the CVRD is doing everything to hook us up. Actually, only a small number aren’t hooked up.” She and Iannidinardo were also aware federal and provincial laws now stipulate floathomes must be connected to sewage treatment lines, to keep wastes out of seas and lakes. “We all need to clean up our act,” said Iannidinardo, noting the need for floathome fire safety and other measures, beside sewage-line links. “We need to work toward a way of getting them hooked up.” more on page 4 bchonda.com

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