VISITORS IN 1940

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 6

VISITORS IN 1940

BYLAWS TO BE EASED

TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION

On the recommendation of the bylaws committee the City Council last night agreed.to a general plan for the provision of temporary accommodation for Exhibition visitors. The building bylaws are to be relaxed in certain respects for the ; special period and only in respect of temporary accommo^ dation which does not involve additional plumbing and sanitation for visitors. The accommodation which the com* mittee recommended should be specially provided for are tents with! wooden floors and walls not exceeding four feet in height, on sleeper foundations, or. other construction approved by the City Engineer, on sleeper foundations. The tents or buildings are to be used for sleeping purposes only and no sanitary, water, or heating fittings will be permitted. The committee further recommended that temporary buildings should be permitted on lands leased by a local authority for a period not exceeding twelve months, and that there should be no right of renewal of the lease, provided 'that the local authorities undertake to remove the buildings at the end of the lease; and also that cubicles might be erected in public buildings for occupation, on the approval of the Engineer. "What about the. conveniences for these temporary-places?" asked Councillor L. McKenzie. Councillor M. F, Luckie, chairman of the committee, said that the temporary premises, whatever their nature, were to be used only for sleeping purposes and they were only to be erected on ground where there was a dwelling that could provide the conveniences required by the occupants of the temporary premises. < Councillor McKenzie: This does not provide for a "canvas town." Councillor Luckie: No. Later Councillor P. M. Butler suggested that it would be a good plan if permits to erect the temporary premises were issued subject to the proviso that they were let through the accommodation bureau. Councillor W. Appleton:. What about those people who have friends and relatives visiting them? Councillor Butler:. They could tell the City Engineer that. The Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop) said he thought those erecting temporary premises would probably get into touch with the accommodation bureau in any event. The bureau had agencies throughout the Dominion and obviously the best way to let 'would be through the bureau.