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Dorval council meets Sept. 22

Crematorium by-law on the agenda

The Gazette
Monday, September 22, 2008

Items on the agenda at tonight’s (Sept. 22) city council meeting in Dorval include adoption of a second draft of a bylaw to prevent any more crematoriums from being built in the city, except in the industrial sector.

"Everyone knows I was against the construction of a crematorium on Lakeshore Drive but I had no choice as we had no regulations against it at the time," Mayor Edgar Rouleau said Monday.

"This bylaw will prevent that from happening again," he added.

Earlier this year area residents told city council they did not want a crematorium in their neighbourhood but Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau told them the city had no choice but to approve the building permit as it conformed to all city bylaws and regulations.
Jean-Charles Cardinal, co-owner of the 50-year-old Lakeshore Cardinal Funeral Home on Lakeshore Drive, where the crematorium is scheduled to begin operations some time this fall, said in an earlier interview that residents can be assured the crematorium will not have an adverse affect in the area.
"We got permits from the environment department even before we got a construction permit from the city," Cardinal said, adding that the permits are conditional to tests to ensure no pollution will emanate from the 15-metre high chimney.
"We have done our homework and we are well within the law," he said.
Tonight’s meeting takes place at 8 p.m. at Dorval city hall, 60 Martin Ave.
The full agenda reads as follows:
PRAYER
CALL TO ORDER
50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
a) Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Fernet
P-1 QUESTION PERIOD AND RECEIPT OF PETITIONS
P-2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
a) Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the council held on August 25,
2008.
P-3 LEGISLATION
a) Report of the Director General concerning the delegation of powers.
b) Adoption of the second draft by-law no. RCM-1391A-83-2008 amending again
zoning by-law no. 1391A-91 in order to create the use “crematorium” in the I3
use category.
c) Adoption of draft by-law no. RCM-1391B-3-2008 amending again subdivision
by-law no. 1391B-91 in order that the officer in charge can approve the
subdivision permits.
d) Notice of motion.
P-4 TENDERS
a) Supply and collection of recycling bells.
b) Supply, collection and transport of containers.
c) Supply and installation of skating rink boards.
d) Floor surface coating – Exercise room – Arena Westwood.
P-5 FINANCES
a) Accounts payable.
b) Budget transfers.
P-6 URBAN PLANNING
a) Minutes of the September 17, 2008 meeting of the Urban Planning Advisory
Committee.
b) Approval of a cadastral plan :
i) Replacement of lot 4 246 174
ii) Replacement of lot 1 525 307
c) Minor exemption – 2080-2090, 55th Avenue.
d) Monthly report – Various permits issued by the director of Urban Planning –
August, 2008.
P-7 VARIOUS PROJECTS
a) Proclamation – Animal health week.
b) Deposit of the Election Treasurer’s activity report for 2007.
P-8 AGGLOMERATION SUBJECTS
P-9 NEW BUSINESS
P-10 CLOSING OF THE MEETING
Dorval council normally meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 8 p.m. Agendas are usually available on the town’s website at noon Friday before the Monday council meetings are held. The city’s web address is: www.ville.dorval.qc.ca
City hall can be reached at 514-633-4040.