A8-Wednesday, September 3, 1980 - North Shore News:

STANDING ON GUARD FOR THEE, but not sure
which way is up, this flag spotted flying upside down
from Brooksbank Elementary school in North Van-
couver on Tuesday could be taken as some sort of
omen by children returning to school. But as an omen
of what, is not quite clear. (Ellsworth Dickson photo)

Neighbors give game away

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official happened to notice a
B.C. Tel installation van
parked outside a duplex.
The official casually
inquired of the telephone
man how many lines he was
putting into the building.
“Four,” replied the B.C. Tel
installer. “It's a four-plex.”
That little conversation

instantly uncovered two
illegal suites in the so-called
duplex.

. Most often, however, the
first intimation of an illegal
suite comes in the form of a
complaint from neighbors.
They notice an extra car or
cars parked in the driveway,
and people other than the
home owners regularly
coming and going.

Even if there is
disturbance factor,
neighbors may fear the
effect of an illegal suite next
docr on the value of their

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own property.
“Municipal staff,” says
Humphreys, “are under

mstructions to respond to
complaints from residents
who may observe the
creation of an illegal suite.”

PROSECUTION

When municipal staff
receive a complaint, they are
empowered to imspect the
house in question and check
the facts. If the existence of
an illegal suite is confirmed,
they can order it closed
down with the
prosecution of the owner as
the alternative.

Municipal officials admit,
however, that there are

Tug retires after long service

C.H. Cates and Sons Ltd.
Officially retired Tug
Number 6 last Sunday at the
Allied Shipyards on the
Seymour River.

About 200 invited guests
turned out for the retirement
and the dedication of the

The sun
throughout

tug’s replacement.
shone brightly
the ceremonies.
Among those present were
Captain John Cates, almost
90 years old, and Walter
Mitchell, the head pilot.
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Some technically illegal one. Only four or five homes owner.
suites — there are presently built each year in West Real estate
estimated to be up to 1,200 Vancouver include such _ vertisements and statem
in the municipality — have suites. that a revenue suite exists
been in use for many years The main thrust of the Says Mayor Humphr
with no complaints from council's policy is againstthe “should be checked with
neighbours. proliferation of illegal suites Municipal Hail prior
“In cases where there isno — the building of new illegal purchase.”

upset to neighbours, we may
not always push too hard,”
said one senior municipal
official. “It's not our aim to
create a kind of secret
police. In general, we prefer
diplomacy to prosecution.”
A case in point, he agreed,
might be a legal in-law suite
where the original in-law
occupants had departed or
died and been replaced by a

respectable tenant not
related to the owner's
family.

Under a March 1979
council ruling legal in-law
suites are permitted to

comprise up to 30 per cent of
a dwelling’s total floor area.
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