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| Waterfoo Chronicle 131ist Year No. 23 Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff It‘s back to the drawing board for Waterloo‘s special committee investigatâ€" ing the licensing of lodging houses as local landlords and lobbyists picked apart their recommendations to council at a public meeting Monday night. The problem with t nothing to do with merit, person there who didn‘t deserve to be housed in ment. Those gathered, ho licensing procedure as & cratic process."‘ Ken Morrison, a Waterloo landlord who sits on the city‘s student housing task force, said the entire issue of licensing is "totally irrelevant." ‘"‘There are no new laws in this, (the staff report), it‘s just an enforcement of existing laws," he said. *‘"What you‘re talking about here is having a license for three laws that are already in place." He argued that enforcement of the city‘s zoning bylaw, combined with policâ€" ing of the property standards bylaw and the Ontario Fire Code, was all that was necessary to ensure safety for boarders. Suggestions from aldermen that the licensing was necessary to find out where the lodging houses are located, were all rebuffed by Morrison. He claimed, with the help of university housing lists, he could compile accurate student housing lists within three weeks that would account for 95 per cent of the students from the two universities. Morrison was also concerned that the draft proposal only dealt with lodging Licensing plan labelled excess bureaucracy Chronicle sports editor Richard O‘Brien is dwarfed by some of the figures on a wall outside the Ivory Coast pavilion at Expo 86 in VYVancouver. For a look at Expo 86, see centre spread. rit, there : n‘t agree in a safe however, _‘""another laws in this, (the an enforcement of the report wasn‘t a lodgers environâ€" saw the bureauâ€" Wednesday, June 11, was houses which accommodate four students. "I fail to see why we would let three people, or two people, or even one person burn, but not four," he said. The special committee recommended that all properties where four or more lodgers are accommodated be required to be licensed and that before a licence is issued the building must be in compliance with the Zoning Byâ€"Law and the Fire Code and that the exterior of the property conform to the Property Standards byâ€" conform law. To avoid hardships to lodgers and owners, a Temporary Licence could be issued to allow occupancy during the first year that the bylaw is in effect provided the application conforms to the zoning bylaw, the committee recommended. The Temporary Licence would expire on April 30, 1987 unless it was terminated prior to that date. The committee favored this method because it would cause a lowâ€"impact effect on student housing, but also admitted it would allow unsafe situation to continue until April 30. _ This was an area of concern for University of Waterloo student federation president Scott Forrest. _ "What does a temporary license do?" asked Forrest."When I think of a tempoâ€" rary licence I think of a safe building, but in this case, that‘s not necessarily true. You‘re, in effect, giving it a stamp of approval when it very well may be a fire trap." Chief administrative officer Don Roughley said Forrest had brought up a valid concern and promised council he would check with the city solicitor to see if (Continued on page 3) Waterioo, Ontario or more The Waterloo Chronicle is proud to list news of our commuâ€" nity as its top priorityâ€"but there are exceptions. Last week, Chronicle reportâ€" er/photographer Richard O‘Brien spent a working holiday on the West Coast, capturing for us his impressions of Vanâ€" couver‘s World Exposition, Expo Praised by many, criticized by some, Expo 86 is undeniably a visuallyâ€"stunning showcase of technology and culture, on a provincial, national and internaâ€" tional scale. red (te 22 i l rapioie s t is mt id A iz 7 ¢ K. hx‘?&,.. w MA TA i s Sikis, w 0. f"fiz, brg S on * m W n 2 welle? A F4 o " + f 0 "7 U d O j K: * ' 7 Iad h P f /s ME 74 w .. ® $ ‘; "”;; " j" C * 4 f%“z' 6 * Albe A * ‘; o Te fa a > fA af [ % [\ 1 t‘ L ' | ‘ &7 / . d k 3 d.‘ e P E «* & ko se . i t s * m sw l is e h d 9 % / 43. 4 F P 3 e ‘ l‘ â€" S Naturally, many people from Waterloo will be among the visitors at Expo 86 before it Waterloo county has become the temporary home of 24 Japanese educators who are touring the area to get a look at the Ontario educational system. Hosted by the Waterloo County Separate School Board of Education, the delegates will spend four days in the region, touring schools and visiting with school administration. A high point of Tuesday‘s activities for the delegates was a tour of St. David Catholic high school, especially a visit with Ron Zuccula‘s (centre) grade 11 Biology class, which was in the middle of a lesson on dissection. See story page 13. Melodee Martinuk photo An Expo 86 treat for our readers 25 cents HOW WE DO IT closes its doors October 13; for those people, and for those who will never come close to attendâ€" ing, we present this week a centrespread photo story seen through the eyes of our staffer during his visit; accompanying are cartoon imnpressions of ediâ€" torial cartoonist Merle Tingley, who like O‘Brien, also has reâ€" corded his impressions for posâ€" terity. So for this week, feast your eyes on pages 24â€"25 as we bring the West Coast and Expo 86 to our readers, a feature we‘re sure you‘ll enjoy. ‘And don‘t worryâ€"â€" we‘ll need a similarly good reaâ€" son before we stray from local focus again.