Al4 - Wednesday, August 12, 1981 - North Shore News FIRE HAZARD CREATED Selfishness in West Van cuts off neighbor's water Selfish neighbors are causing some West Van- couver residents to be deprived of water in their homes for hours on end, especially in the Eaglendge area at the western end of the municipality. What's worse, causing a fire hazard. The holders who = flagrantly ignore municipal sprinkling regulations during the current heatwave -- ap- parently under the im- pression that the prolonged period of wet weather up to they re culpnts are house- mid-July made the regulations unnecessary this summer. Not so, says Dernck Humphreys. The water supply in the reservoirs, he explained to The News, is fully adequate this year. The problem lies in the water main pipes. The pipes can handle only a certain volume at any one tume. When a large number of homes overtax the pipes with prolonged sprinkling. water pressure at other homes in the neighborhood drops in some cases to zero, Mayor Much more serous 1s the absence of water pressure al fire hydrants in the deprived neighborhood. This directly endangers all homes in the neighborhood. The regulations permit sprinkling from 8&8 a.m. to | p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m. on alternate days only. even- Number dates for even- numbered houses and odd mumber dates for odd- numbered houses Roving bylaw en- forcement officers can and do lay charges apainst of- fenders they discover. but NEW FEAR IN N VAN DISTRICT Subdivisions ‘tip of iceberg’ By SUSAN CARDINAL Vocal Braemar Road residents slammed a subdivision proposal Monday night exposing what North Van District Mayor Don Bell called “the tip of the iceberg” Charging that = Dhstrict council had refused to listen to continued opposition to rezoning. resident Rose Jones said no further ap plications should be heard “We (residents) should turn you all out of office.” she said in an emotional Statement revealing = con- cerns that subdividing would lead to higher densities, more noise. traffic and a lower “quahty of living” “IT really am_= shocked,” said Alderman John Lakes “It happens to be a mght of people to apply for things” The appheahon by JK Wong to subdivide a family owned 99 foot property at 224 East Braemar to RSA from RSY provoked the debate This is just the beginning, warned Bell Soanng real estate values coupled with property taxes escalating have tougwered oa flowd oof ap pheavons for rezoning he said The problem is that many owners who had two or more smaller properties con solidated ino the maid siaties how want to subadlivide said SPECIAL Perms, Colors, Streaks, Shampoo Cut & Set FREE Consultation available complimentary Limousine Service toand from your appomlment Eugene Berti introduces - SENIOR CITIZENS . Mon.-Tues Bell Where owners retained the internor lot line s “lots on the legal record”. they have the “legal mght” to subdivide Council has “no power to stop that”. he said Although many local residents opposing the Wong proposal said housing shortages were a problem. they balked at local development “This is my area.” Summed up one resident In what was called a “sincere” application, three members of the Wong family said the subdivision was only to allow the two families now in one house to have separate homes “We are not wealthy people or speculators.” Wong said. We want out children to grow up here as we did Another family spokesman said that rising costs had already forced numerous young families oul of the Distnet, contmbuting to the school’s dechning enrolment problem = and school closings A strongly statement Lonsdale worded from the North Ratepayers Assoctauon called Wong a “prasping individual” enriching his present property at “the expense of his geighbors” Several aldermen ob jected to the wording of the BILL DOCKSTEADER makes Best-in-town Mazda deals at Bill Docksteader’s Kingsway MAZDA! 421 Kingsway! 879-6301 DL 6416 .-Wed. Deck Constructon this may be of little im- mediate help. 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