Park board staff recommends permanent 'swim attire' policy at Vancouver pools Year-long trial produced one complaint regarding topless females. Mike Howell Jul 22, 2024 2:00 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Vancouver park board commissioners will decide Monday night whether to adopt a permanent policy regarding appropriate swim attire for patrons of city pools. Photo Dan Toulgoet Listen to this article 00:04:50 Vancouver park commissioners will be asked Monday night to adopt a permanent policy that defines what type of swim attire is allowed at the city’s pools.
The recommendation comes more than a year after commissioners voted 6-1 to run a trial that allowed various types of swimwear to be worn by patrons when swimming. A review of the trial found only one complaint registered via the city’s 311 phone service. “The feedback was regarding topless females and consideration for the park board to mandate female patrons to cover their tops,” said a staff report going before commissioners Monday.
“During the same time, no other feedback was provided to staff through patron complaints about swim attire or the policy.” In 2000, Maple Ridge resident Linda Meyer won a B.C.
Supreme Court decision that stood behind the right of women to bare their breasts at a pool. Meyer was charged with violating a clothing bylaw after going topless at a city-run pool in Maple Ridge in July 1997. Justice R.
R. Holmes concluded th.
