Bylaw No. 936: A Bylaw to Amend the Town of View Royal Zoning Bylaw with Respect to Regulating Drug Paraphernalia and Licensed Retail Stores
A zoning amendment defining 'Drug Paraphernalia' and restricting its sale to specific locations and age groups.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 936
A BYLAW TO AMEND THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL ZONING BYLAW WITH RESPECT TO REGULATING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND LICENSED RETAIL STORES
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
This Bylaw may be cited as "Zoning Bylaw, 2014, No. 900, Amendment Bylaw No. 936, 2015".
Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 900 is amended as follows:
a) By adding the following definition to Section 2.2: “Drug Paraphernalia” means any product, good, ware, merchandise, equipment, thing or material of any kind primarily used to produce, process, package, store, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance as defined in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
b) By adding the following after Section 4.8.11:
4.9 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SALES
4.9.1 Drug paraphernalia sales are:
a) only permitted under a Retail Sales use;
b) not permitted to locate within a 500 metre radius from a school, small daycare, large daycare, or any facility licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, community care facility, place of worship, park or lot zoned P-1, P-2, or P-3;
c) to be enclosed in a building in such a manner that the activities associated with such a use are not visible from the exterior of the building;
d) not to be made to any person under the age of 19 years except where the premises are licensed as a pharmacy under the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act.
4.10 LICENSED RETAIL STORE
4.10.1 When a licensed retail store is established on any property, no additional licensed retail stores are permitted on land within 320 metres of the original licensed retail store.
4.10.2 Beer, wine, spirits or other liquor cannot be sold within a grocery store or a supermarket.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 20th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2015.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 20th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2015.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS ____ DAY OF ____, 2015.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS ____ DAY OF ____, 2015.
APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE THIS ____ DAY OF ____, 2015.
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS ____ DAY OF ____, 2015.

