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THE owner of a “nui-
sance property” in West

- Vancouver has been set

a time limit by council
to clean up his act.

Gordon Frank Sylvester
has been warned several times
already for the debris littering
his lawn at 1055 Braeside Ave.

“It’s obviously used as
storage space for derelict vehi-
cles and equipment of all
kinds,” said Coun. Allan
Williams,

Council were shown pho-
tographic evidence of
Sylvester’s garden and drive-
way strewn with abandoned
vehicles.

Councillors have agreed to
give him until May 19 to
remediate what a municipal
staff report refers to as “an
eyesore,”

Complaints from neigh-
bours about the state of

Sylvester’s property date back

to 1980. ;
A report from municipal

erty tidie

THE abandoned vehicles In Gordon Sylvester's driveway have caused outrage .
amongst his neighbours. Sylvester has been given until May 19 to tidy up. :

bylaw inspector Rob Metcalfe
and approved by council
asked that an order be issued
to Sylvester requiring him to
address the problem :“in a
manner so that the property is
not unclean as to be offensive

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to the community.”

Sylvester asked if he could
be given a two and a. half
month extension.

His request was refused.

“It’s time for the site to be
cleaned up,” said permits and
licensing manager = Ian
Morrison. ;

The municipality made a
previous request for clean-up,
under the Untidy Premises
bylaw, on Feb. 22. -

‘Metcalfe noted that since
that time there had been “no
appreciable result.”

In the past, according to
municipal staff: Sylvester has
made occasional efforts -to
clean up the site — but those
efforts have not continued.

The.. :
received a number of written’
complaints from neighbours

BOWEN Island will

receive a $3,000 plan-' ~~
appropriate for our comm

ning grant from the: :
provirice to review -

” Jand-use ‘and ‘servicing
- bylaws that apply. to
: the municipality.

‘The funding is provided
under a provincial communi

‘planning .and -‘development
. grant : program Projects are

ded ‘that will improve th
economic, social” or :environ-
mental health at’ the ‘neigh
bourhood, ,community .
regional level. :
“The: _fanding’: for: this
7 ‘dev

municipality “has

sbout “the accumulation - of.
derelict vehicles, discarded -.

equipment, of all description,

waste material and rubbish.”
Sylvester, who : stated’ he:
was suffering from heart.
problems, sai he was’ consid-:
ering “the possibility’of med-.
ical intervention to ) get all this:

cleaned out.”

“Are you selling the moto:
home to your: :doctor?”:
queried a puzzled, Coun. John *
Clark.

Council voted in favour of,
a motion to charge any neces-
sary clean-up by. municip.
stalf to Sylvester... 2,

Any outstanding: charges’
would be added to his munic-.
ipal tax. bill ar the end of the ;

Sylvester was not’ available:
for further comm nt,

* said Bowen Island: mayo

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