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Saturday, December 14th 11am - 7pm Memorial Park Downtown Hope
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013
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Hope regulates medical pot production
1:30 pm - Story Time in the Park with Andrew Tarrant reading “Twas the NightBCYCNA Before Christmas
4:30 pm - Hayrides with Santa start courtesy of the Hope Lion’s Club 4:30 pm - Hope Video will be showing a Christmas movie outside in the park Toboggan Runs Hayrides With Santa Radar Hockey Shot Snowball Toss
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The District of Hope Officers collected needed For info on the ChristmasisMarket taking steps to ensure contact Sherry at 604-869-1262. donations at Stuff the medical marijuana grow operations don’t pop up Cruiser events in residential neighborhoods. Sponsors Council adopted a PARK •4 HopeMANNING Ready Mix • Grove Bookkeeping • Hope Auto Body zoning amendment by• Talarico Excavating • Sharon's Deli • Graphic Smarts SKI• BlueSLOPES •READIES Hope Lions Moose • Romano'slaw on Monday night in • Hope Rotary • Sears - downtown Hope • Adam's Freight preparation for a new Resort is set to officially • ReMax/Nyda • Hope Brewing Forwarding federal Marijuana for open the alpine area Medical Purposes Regulathis weekend tions program by Health Canada, which takes effect April 1. The change will see small, personal medical grow operations replaced by a number of large commercial dispensaries that meet extensive security and quality control requirements. “Having this bylaw in place before anything manifests means we’re a little step ahead of the game,” said Mayor Susan 15 MUSTANGS HOST Johnston. “We’re trying HOME TOURNAMENT hard not to open ourselves up to something we can’t Senior girls’ basketball control at a later date.” action kicks off on Friday Under the district byat Hope Secondary law, medical marijuana production is permitted on land zoned for agricultural use with a minimum lot area of four hectares (10 acres). Minimum set............ 6 backs of 15 metres (50 feet) will be required and ....... 8 residential dwellings are not allowed on the same . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 parcel. In addition, production facilities have to . . . . . 17 be located a minimum of 100 metres (328 feet) $ 1(PLUS GST) from all properties zoned for residential and country residential, as well as a minimum of 500 metres (1,640 feet) from all
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schools, churches, hospitals and senior housing. The district also requires that outdoor lighting not negatively impact neighbouring properties, servicing for facilities be designed by a qualified professional, and the applicant provide proof of a valid licence application to Health Canada. “Because medical marijuana was not defined in a bylaw, we had to treat it as an agricultural product,” said Scott Misumi, director of community development. “So what we thought we would do is try to put more restrictions on it. We actually did quite a thorough inventory of all our land, and a large percentage of our land is non-conforming. They’re smaller than the minimum parcel size, which eliminates a lot of those parcels. The setbacks will also eliminate quite a few more parcels.” He pointed out that the district not only wanted commercial medical marijuana operations out of dense residential areas, but also industrial areas. Some municipalities have opted to allow dispensaries on industrial land in order to have better control over the operation as well as benefit from taxation. However, BC Assessment asseses land based on its use, regardless of its zone. Misumi said it was not a good fit for Hope since all industrial zones are located along Old Hope-Princeton Way.
Letters to Santa
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Carmen Pereda helps her three-year-old son Cortez write a letter to Santa on Saturday at the Hope Library. Twenty-two kids had an opportunity to compose their Christmas wish list, listen to story time, and enjoy snacks. The afternoon was co-sponsored by Friends of the Hope Library and the Hope & District Arts Council.
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