Council will therefore be involved in approval of applications
involving Personal Care (Specialized Adult Residential Care) or in the case
of Day Care uses involving more than five and up to twenty-five children.
These regulations covering all of these types of uses are fairly comprehensive
and are exposed to fairly regular revision. Tt would not seem practical
therefore to incorporate any further regulations in our By-law to try and
keep pace with these changes. . The Provincial regulations cover such things
as staffing, room sizes, furnishings, plumbing facilities, etc. We can
therefore rely on these regulations to regulate the size and shape and
number of occupants in the building and Council can mainly be concerned
with the desirability of the location and the compatibility of such a
facility in particular neighbourhood.

The Committee was specifically asked to make recommendations on
the canvass of an area prior to the issuance of a licence or approval of
a licence by Council. The Committee has given this consideration and is
convinced that where a licence is for a Personal Care type of facility of
up to ten people or Day Care use of up to twenty-five, that some sort of
canvass should be conducted. This canvass should be conducted by an
appropriate representative of the Simon Fraser Health Unit, along with
the licencee, and should involve a canvass of an area within a radius of
200 feet from the proposed residence. The canvass should provide an
opportunity to the owners of adjacent property to get to meet the licencee,
be informed on the type of facility, the type of occupant, the number of
occupants, etc. and the regulations pertaining to the licence can be

‘explained. In carrying out such a canvass, the canvasser should make a
list of the calls made and get an indication from the owners in the area
whether they are in favour or opposed to the facility. This information
could then be passed on to the Environmental Protection Committee to
assist them in making their recommendation to Council. After the canvass,
any owner would have the opportunity of attending the Council meeting at
which the licence application was going to be discussed and express their
views.

The foregoing procedure may prevent the lack of communication
that seems to have existed in previous Community Care Facility licence
applications.

5. Application for Community Care Facility Licence
- 1490 Lynwood Avenue

The Committee has received an application for a Nursery School
at 1490 Lynwood Avenue. This Nursery School would involve a maximum of
fifteen children depending on approval from Victoria. The applicant is
the owner of the house and there are apparently neighbours in the area
who are interested in using the facility.

If the foregoing policy on Community Care Facility licencing is
adopted, the Committee would recommend that the area in the vicinity of the
proposed location be canvassed in accordance with the policy and the
Committee will report back to Council.