City council heard Monday from a local cheerleading club that was seeking a zoning amendment in order to operate.
Lesia Rathje from Cheer Legacy Athletics was before council to seek a text amendment to the zoning bylaw to allow “clubs” as a permitted use in the Light Industrial District M1 and the Heavy Industrial District M2.
Right now Cheer Legacy Athletics operates at 10030A Marquis Avenue in Parsons Industrial Park, part of the M2 zone. However, administration indicated in a memo to council that it does not support that location, as it was not up to fire and building code regulations, and the club has been seeking a new location at 771-109th St. That location is in the M1 zone.
In the memo, City Director of Economic Development Jennifer Niesink noted administration had been working with Rathje to find a suitable location.
Administration recommended to council that the rezoning amendment for the M1 zone be approved and that a meeting be set up with the proponents to look for a new alternate location for the club. The amendment is not going ahead for the M2 zone.
A resolution to authorize administration to prepare a bylaw to amend the zoning bylaw to include “clubs” as a permitted use in the Light Industrial District M1, passed unanimously.
