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Town staff propose business bylaw amendment for pedicabs

Smithers town staff have brought forward a Business Law Bylaw amendment.

This amendment would allow for a pedicab business to be located in the Town of Smithers.

According to a staff report, on March 31, a business owner submitted an application to operate a cycle taxi company within the community.

Currently, pedicabs do not fall under any of the categories within the Business Bylaw.

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Among the discussion included which class of license is needed to operate a pedicab.

According to Integrated Growth and Infrastructure General Manager Mark Allen at this time a class 5 license is all that is needed.

Allen said the pedicab business would operate ten months out of the year.

“Bicycle tires do not have the same braking capabilities on ice but, who knows, maybe we’ll see studded tires on pedicabs for icy conditions. It’s just new to the Town at this point,” he said.

According to Allen, pedicabs will be required to operate on roadways only.

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Mayor Gladys Atrill expressed her support for a pedicab business.

“I think this is exciting, it will be fun to see something different, kind of a new thing,” she said.

Regulations for a pedicab business include only eight pedicabs will be allowed town wide with one company being limited to three, a driver of the pedicab should not operate half hour after sunset without items listed for nighttime operations and the pedicab must be ensured.

Town Council passed first, second and third reading at Tuesday’s (May 25) council meeting.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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