NA ‘ i OM PARS Net g aaa a S71 MES TERT SR" ERIN “ee eh? tere Business ........... 30 Entertainment ....... 43 Lifestyles...........45 ‘ notice to appear at a hearing | . and.the;.-will be advised of : council's resolutions. WEA THER: Mostly sunny ‘Wednesday. Thursday cloudy with a few _ showers.’ Highs: 22’s°C. LIFESTYLES: 45 Mailbox.............7 Sports.............31 Woman gives-up the good life of the Horth Shore to live with native Costa AETER THREE years of warning North Van- couver homeowners David and Joyce Joh to get ‘their.’ dilapidated and ‘neglected properties in order, North Vancouver City is getting impatient. The couple owns the two- family, dwelling at. 432 and 434-East First Street, which “neighbors have complained about as‘being unsightly and * a health hazard. “City council agreed Mon- day’ to authorize staff to go ahead and prepare a. bylaw which would allow the City to go in and repair the prop-. erty, charging the costs to "|. the owners as back taxes. “The. Johs will . be. given “On August, 23, 1982 coun-’ cil, passed : a resolution declaring “the lands -and . premises in question were a ‘nuisance and in ‘so dilapidated and uncleanly a _condition as to be offensive , to the community.” ; CLEAN-UP ORDERED : “Mt was ordered at‘ that time - ; that the building be- pulled down, removed or the. City repair it at the, expense.. But an. would owners’ agreement was entered into.” between ‘the City. and Joyce Joh that the premises would be repaired by March 31, 1983. The deadline was ex- * tended three times, reaching . August 31, 1983. City building inspector C.E. Hjorth wrote a letter to : the owners of the property, dated Sept. 24, 1982, listing -29 items of repair necessary to bring the premises up to standard. ALTHOUGH 70 per cent of the repairs have been done on the property ‘shown right, North s Vancouver City is net yet ‘satisfied with the renova- f tions done. by _ owners A Joyce and,.David Joh, whick are’ two years #. overdue, Complainis by B’-neighbors began in 1982, and repairs were suppos- ed “to - be finished - “by August, 1983, 0 By BARRETT FISHER Such items included clean- ing up the property and removing old vehicles, debris and overgrown vegetation, providing proper access from First Street and ac- ceptable off-street. parking, providing hand _ railings to ihe buildings, replacing: rot- ted wood framing, broken ‘glass windows, - staircases Rican indians. t ty atoae given last Cc and front and rear doors, replacing electrical wiring and plumbing, and other major repairs. STILL UNSIGHTLY ‘Although most of the repairs have been made, building inspector L. Salisbury made an updated list of 10 deficiencies that still needed to be repaired as of May 3, 1984, and Salisbury confirmed the 10 Tepairs were still not done as of July 25, 1985. Business licence inspector . Frances Caouette told coun- cil demolishing the building Sunshine Girl........33 What's Going On... ..44 hance at this time would be unrea- sonable since 70 per cent of the necessary work has been completed, but the. site “continues to be in an un- sightly condition.” _ Ald. Allan. Blair asked Caouette if the City has not bent over backwards to not enforce the repair order. Caouette agreed that the “City has been more than generous,’’ but ‘‘considering the period of time that no repairs have been done, and the continued complaints of neigboring residenis, we've concluded they’re not responsive to our efforts.”” "NEWS photo ‘erry Peters 3 - Wednesday, August 28, 1985 - North Shore News appeared before Judge J. Paradis -in North | Vani- © couver provincial court: -Monday * Charged © “with AN - committing - an’ indecent: BI West ‘Vancouver. restaurant. early. ‘Saturday * morning after threatening _ the | proprietor at knife: © ‘s oint. te : atime at 2 a.m.,: police “said.” The suspect ‘pres- ented a knife and made coe SHO", The robber entered the local ‘Testaurant,at closing’ "JAMES ELPHINSTONE. Ny éd a3 a. male, 25 t0. 30 : ‘years’ old,” approximately.” : 165 “pounds, me-" * dium brown hair, wearing ; ‘jeans and a- green wind- we breaker. The police investigation continues. . Police seek. female driver A 14-YBAR-old West Vancouver. girl fractured her leg when her bicycle collided with a. car at “Hadden and” Stevens . Drive Sunday : athe little girl had any. in- ‘“juvies; . West Vancouver ‘Police said, “but as, there appeared to be none, she continued on her way. But police said it jater came to light that the girl had fractured her leg. The femate driver, ap- proximately 35 years old. driving an ‘Orange Volkswagen Rabbit is asked to contact . West Vancouver Police.