bluenose_planner
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Having problems with pawn shops/ buy & sell shops in the downtown Dartmouth area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The area bylaw now identifies these as prohibited uses, and we've been weeding them out slowly but surely. But now we've got new ones trying to open up, saying they are "antique" shops. We currently have no definition for this use, and any that I've seen, such as the following, seem vague and development staff argue you'd have to be an expert on antiques to make a determination:
“Antique Store means any building or part thereof used for the sale of any old and authentic objects of personal property which were made, fabricated or manufactured eighty or more years earlier and which have a unique appeal and enhanced value because of age, artistry, beauty, or period of origin.”
Has anyone seen anyhting more specific than this? Or are the development staff just being more stubborn than usual...
“Antique Store means any building or part thereof used for the sale of any old and authentic objects of personal property which were made, fabricated or manufactured eighty or more years earlier and which have a unique appeal and enhanced value because of age, artistry, beauty, or period of origin.”
Has anyone seen anyhting more specific than this? Or are the development staff just being more stubborn than usual...