One summer later and faced with the same problem, the city will vote next Tuesday to allow legal alcohol consumption at the new public plaza at 800 Robson on the southside of the Vancouver Art Gallery and three temporary pop-up plazas at Cambie St. and 17th Ave., Fraser St. and 27th Ave., and 4th Ave. and Maple St.
The Cambie pop-up is the only returning site from last summer, although BYOB drinking was allowed on the northside art gallery last year.Article content The city has partnered with three different business improvement association and an independent restaurant, Say Mercy! at 298 Fraser St., on the project.
“In general, preferred sites for this pilot are smaller neighbourhood scale plazas within commercial areas or delineated portions of larger plazas. The pilot encourages sites that are within walking distance to food-primary businesses, public transit, and overnight parking facilities, while aiming to stay away from sensitive areas such as hospital or health care facilities, or residential-only areas,” city staff wrote in a report to council.
The Vancouver Park Board approved a plan last summer to allow booze in 22 parks and beaches around the city, but that plan remains on hold because, as Canada’s only city with an elected park board, it needed an amendment to the B.C. Liquor Control Act to push ahead with the project.
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