DISILLUSIONED
WITH red tape at North -
Vancouver City Hall,
Diamond Gym owner
Roy Baumgartner is
seriously thinking of
developing what will be
Western Canada’s
largest fitness centre in
North Vancouver
District, instead of in
the City as he orginally
planned.

Two and a half years ago
Baumgartner opened Dia-
mond Gym at Lonsdale and
East Second, the first fitness
centre on the North Shore.
He then bought a franchise
with the large Gold’s Gym
chain, but has spent an un-
successful year searching for
a location in which to
develop the expanded facility
which will include space for
aerobics and weight training,
whirlpool, steam room, pro
shop, daycare, lounge and
leased space for a _ nutri-
tionist, physiotherapist and
massage therapist.

During the past year,
Baumgartner has been re-
jected on four locations he
proposed. Despite City staff
recommendations against it,
he finally received Council
approval February 6 for the
zoning amendment to allow
his health centre to go into a
building in the City’s light in-
dustrial zone. ity

The owner. of the building

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had agreed early“in January
to hold on for the four mon-
ths Baumgartner was told it
would take to process the
rezoning. But that time frame
is getting longer as the City
comes up with more stipula-
tions, and the owner will not
wait, Baumgartner said. .

**Council has been positive
towards the proposal in not
saying no to the zoning
amendment. And now the Ci-
ty is going through its regular
routines,’? said City Ad-
ministrator E. Raymond.

**The zoning regulations
are there: we didn’t make
them up,’ Mayor Jack
Loucks told Baumgartner.

er said he was

grateful for Council support
but felt that having to bring
in proposal after proposal to
be “‘shot down’’ was ‘‘not a
progressive procedure.’”

Now he is considering a
building of the'same size in

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‘This is a very important
matter,’’ said Alderman
Diana Hutchinson. ‘‘We’ve
had no renumeration in 10
years. I’ve been federal retur-
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it’s of great value.’’

Alderman Doreen Black-
burn said, ‘‘There have been
excellent elections held in
West Van the past two times.

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Alderman Don Griffiths
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over his plans and told him
what regulations he must
follow. The site is also in the
District’s industrial zone,
which already accommodates
fitness centres, as do the in-
dustrial zones of Vancouver,
Burnaby, New Westminster
and Richmond.

Baumgartner is disap-
pointed that the District loca-
tion is about two miles away
from the area in which he has
built up clientele.

**But the City is losing out
on our taxes and our
business,” he said, adding
that his development would
have brought commerce to
the economically depressed
Lower Lonsdale area.

Baumgartner also plans to
ask the City for a full refund
of the $580 rezoning applica-
tion fee that he put up for the
Lower Lonsdale building. He
understood from Deputy
Directoy -that he could
redirect the fee to another
location he has started look-
ing at in the City, but Direc-
tor Frank Morris negated
that idea at the March 4
Council meeting. Apparently
Baumgartner should be eligi-
ble for a rebate of only. $250.
tion Monday to refer the
matter to its advisory com-
mittee for report. Last week a
rival fitness centre lodged a
complaint with the City that
allowing Baumgartner to
move into the cheaper rent
industrial sector would con-
stitute unfair competition.

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