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The city s planning department has recommended council give the application the go-ahead. The proposed adult-oriented retail store is compatible with the surrounding mix of retail and service commercial uses and is not expected to generate high volumes of traffic, said the staff report, which also points to compatibility with the official community plan.
But a letter to the city from the Gateway BIA indicates this particular addition to the area s business community isn t very welcome and urges council to vote against the plan. We have spent over 16 years and two million dollars beautifying our area and connecting businesses, wrote BIA chairman John Enemark. We have worked on reducing the drug trade and prostitution in our area with a lot of success to ensure our neighbours and ourselves have a safer neighbourhood to work and live in.