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2 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Liquor store approved on appeal<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
Consent has been given fora<br />
Thirsty Liquor bottle store to<br />
open in Amberley.<br />
The Alcohol Regulatory and<br />
Licensing Authority(ARLA)<br />
has, on appeal, allowed<br />
Townill Ltdtoopen the store.<br />
Townill Ltdapplied in<br />
February lastyear to the<br />
Hurunui District Licensing<br />
Committeefor an offlicence<br />
for the outletinthe former<br />
MummaT premises on the<br />
corner of Carters Road and<br />
Markham Street.<br />
The committeedeniedthe<br />
application afterconsidering<br />
93 objections, 56 of whichthey<br />
found valid under the Sale and<br />
Supply of AlcoholAct.<br />
Townill appealed to the<br />
(ARLA),which grantedthe<br />
application last month, aftera<br />
hearing in midApril. Alcohol<br />
WiseHurunui Inc and others<br />
wererespondents.<br />
The ARLA found granting<br />
the applicationwould not<br />
increase the risk of alcohol<br />
abuse.There was no evidence<br />
of alcoholrelated harm being<br />
rifeinthe town. ‘‘Quitethe<br />
opposite,’’ it said in its<br />
reserved decision.<br />
It said any future harm, if it<br />
occurred, could be addressed<br />
on renewal of the licence.<br />
Regular renewals required<br />
under the law addressedany<br />
issues, but the risk‘‘must be<br />
real’’, the authority said.<br />
‘‘In the presentcase the risk<br />
is low and effectively amounts<br />
to amere concern that things<br />
might deteriorate.’’<br />
The Local Alcohol Plan did<br />
not restrict where licensed<br />
outlets could be in relation to<br />
other facilities, or restrict the<br />
density of licensed premises, it<br />
said, ‘‘again noting there is no<br />
density issueinAmberley’’.<br />
The ARLA saiditwould be<br />
unreasonable to refusethe<br />
application when the amenity<br />
and good order of the locality<br />
was unlikely to be impactedto<br />
morethan aminor extent.<br />
Eachapplication had to be<br />
considered on its merits.<br />
The building must be<br />
painted black,with the Thirsty<br />
Liquor logosand trading<br />
names on top.Apartfrom<br />
specials, no liquor advertising<br />
is to be placed in the window<br />
facing outwards, andthe<br />
licensee has to clear litter in a<br />
100metre radiusofthe car<br />
parkweekly.<br />
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Breakfast time ... The Rangiora Baptist Church Hall was one of three evacuation centres set up<br />
for evacuees last Sunday evening because of flooding. Waimakariri District Council Civil Defence<br />
volunteer Gale serves Ohoka evacuee Sheralyn Sturt with adonated donut for breakfast on<br />
Monday morning.<br />
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Sleepless night after evacuation<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Sheralyn Sturt didnot waste<br />
timethinking aboutwhatto<br />
do after shereceived the<br />
Waimakariri DistrictCouncil<br />
Civil Defence team’s phone<br />
alarm on Sunday night to<br />
evacuateher Ohoka home.<br />
Sheralyn had her daughter,<br />
Jessica,and granddaughter,<br />
Natalie, at homewithher at<br />
the time. They grabbedsome<br />
sleeping bags and afew other<br />
essentialitemsbefore<br />
drivingtothe Rangiora<br />
Baptist Church.<br />
It was one of threevenues<br />
designatedasevacuation<br />
Read local<br />
centres by theWaimakariri<br />
DistrictCouncilCivil<br />
Defenceteamafterthe<br />
weekendflooding.<br />
The MandevilleSport<br />
Centrewas alsoused.<br />
Sheralyn said therewere<br />
about 10 otherevacuees<br />
sleeping overnightinthe<br />
churchhall,with several<br />
othersintheir carsinthe<br />
churchcarpark.<br />
‘‘Wehave beenwell looked<br />
after,’’ shesaid on Monday<br />
morning.<br />
However, shehad a<br />
sleepless night worrying<br />
about whatwouldhappen to<br />
her home if theEyre River<br />
stopbanksfailed.<br />
The council’s initial<br />
8.30pmphone alarm warned<br />
recipientsinatriskareas<br />
thatthe Eyre Riverand<br />
Ashley/Rakahuri River<br />
stopbankswereatriskof<br />
failing.<br />
Everyone along the Eyre<br />
River fromWolffsRoad and<br />
north of theEyre River were<br />
instructed to leave<br />
immediately, thewarning<br />
said.<br />
Fernside residents,<br />
between Mt ThomasRoad,<br />
Oxford Roadand Merton<br />
Road, werealsotoldto<br />
evacuate immediately.<br />
He was flown to hospital in a<br />
serious condition, but was<br />
discharged on Sundaynight.<br />
Flooded rivers were<br />
droppingthis week as<br />
propertyowners set about<br />
assessingdamage.<br />
Major townsescaped with<br />
largely surface flooding, and<br />
there were no major bridge<br />
closures.Many roads closed.<br />
Ahuge washout cut the key<br />
road to Lees Valley,and<br />
approaches have been<br />
washed away on Whistler<br />
Bridge in the valley.<br />
Nearer Rangiora, areas<br />
includingSouthbrook had<br />
been declared atriskareas as<br />
the Ashley Riverpeaked.<br />
At Pines Beach and Kairaki,<br />
some residents in lowlying<br />
areas were evacuated<br />
on Monday as high tide<br />
threatened. Six families were<br />
also evacuated from Okuku as<br />
the river rose again.<br />
An accident at Greta Valley<br />
on Monday, in which atruck<br />
driver died,closed State<br />
Highway1for atime. Police<br />
believe atree fell on his cab.<br />
Council staff,contractors<br />
and engineers were this week<br />
assessingroads, bridges and<br />
other infrastructure.<br />
Evacuation centres have<br />
closed afterhousing people<br />
under threat when stopbanks<br />
on the Eyre and Ashley rivers<br />
threatened to breach on<br />
Sunday night.<br />
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