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Not for long, says driver Driveway bus ban imposed quietly © Not a bus driver or com- mercial vehicle driver was in sight last Wednesday evening as Port McNicoll council passed a law restricting them from park- ing their vehicles in residential areas. But one bus driver said later that the fight is still far from over. For months the village has been embroiled in a bit- ter controversy with local school bus drivers over whether they may park overnight in _ their driveways or in front of their homes. Under amendments passed last week to a pro- perty standards law, said village clerk Ted Walker, they can now be fined up to $500 a day for keeping anything defined by Port McNicol] as a "'commercial vehicle'? parked in a residential zone. That definition of com- mercial vehicle was word- ed specifically to include school buses that can carry 10 or more passengers. A vehicle must also weigh at least 2,300 kilograms to be covered by the law. "The definition of 'bus' is the definition this council gives for bus," said bylaw officer John Dallaire, responding to a question posed by spectator Tom Savage. At the previous three council meetings angry bus drivers and a lawyer representing the bus com- pany have tried to pressure the council into aborting its attempt to curb parking. But last week the council quietly, quickly and unanimously approved the restrictions. (Councillor Ray Jackson, himself a bus driver who had earlier been involved in the fracas, declared a conflict of in- terest and vacated his seat during the vote.) Walker said the drivers' lawyer was notified of the impending vote before the meeting. Port McNicoll bus driver John Wadge, who also works for the Midland YM- CA, said he was served with a letter a day after the meeting. That letter, delivered by the village bylaw officer, informed Wadge his bus must be out of his driveway by July 17. Wadge said it was likely the law will be challenged in court. "We expect we will be charged July 17," he said. The bus company, Penetang Midland Coach Lines, will likely send one bus to park in the village to use as a test Case. However, drivers and owners of commercial vehicles may have a tem- porary loophole enabling them to park on municipal streets until after the village council meets in committee to draft a separate parking bylaw. Clerk Walker explained that both laws are needed to cover all the bases, in- cluding | municipally- owned property. At the upcoming com- mittee meeting, which Walker said would not like- ly be open to the public, councillors will have to decide the specific streets and hours of a parking ban. When Dallaire brought up the potential loophole, Deputy Reeve Ross Cameron asked: "You mean this bylaw's not go- ing to work?" Then he said to the bylaw officer: ""You're go- ing to find out pretty soon (if it will work). You're go- ing to find out tomorrow because you've got some work to do.' Those served with a notice of violation under the property standards law have a right to appeal to a village-appointed commit- tee. If they lose there or choose not to appeal in the first place, their vehicle may be towed away. The separate parking law will be easier to enforce, said Walker, as a vehicle can be towed "right away." Wadge said the bus drivers are~ considering other methods of protest, including parking all their buses in front of the reeve's house. Charges pending on lack of permit At least one person will be charged with trying to build a house without a permit in Port McNicoll, the bylaw officer said last week. And 'about seven or eight' others were found in the last month to be violating the law requiring a permit, said John Dallaire, the bylaw en- forcement officer. "One felt he just didn't have to"' have one, Dallaire told the council during last Wednesday's regular mon- thly meeting. 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