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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

S. THERE WAS rain and mud galore when North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Secondary took on Burnaby North in junior rugby action last week. Playing at home, the local school
a racked up its fourth victory this season, bringing its record to four wins and one loss. Here, Carson’s lan Campbell (red jersey) scrambles to elude Burnaby defenders on the way to

the 12-0 win. See page 15 for more sports Coverage.

THE CONTROVERSIAL
redevelopment at the edge of

high-density residential
Noreate was slimly approved

in a 4-3 vote Monday night by North Yancouver District

Council.

The approval will allow the
building of 120 townhouses and
apartments -- despite adamant
resident opposition — in a two-
block area bounded by MacGowan
Avenue, Tarfow Avenue ind: the
rear of Marine Drive commercial
praperties.

Vhere now 2h Houses on

ahi

By MARTIN MELLERCIUP
Contributing Wonier

larve dots on the site.

The original development pro-
posal for the site, made by Cireg
Cragg on behalf of 1S of the 21
property owners in 1987, would

VERSIAL PROPOSAL

have allowed a density of 36
apartinent units per acre.

A committee of concerned resi-
dents worked with district planning
staff ta adapt the proposal to a
density of 23.5 units per acre. and
deal with parking concerts. (attic
flow. building height. frontage
design and landscaping.

The resuliing plans call for two
off-street parking spaces per unit
(underground), traffic directed to
Marine Drive through cul-de-saes
on Bowser and SfaeGowan

avenues and through an east-west
lane, a maximum building height
of 1650 storeys along West Sth
Street with a serback of 300 feet.
and design and landscaping con-
trols.

Ald. Joan Gadsby opposed the
deselopment, saving: 'The area
does need upyrading and
redeveloping.” she said, “but ex.
pansion of densiiy is not what the
peaple want.”

Speaking in favor of the project.
Ald. Mary Segal described the plan

as “a good buffer between cont
mercial and single-family rest
denees. We cannot significantls
control height and bulk unless its a
multi-family development ike dhis
one, | she said.

Mayor Marilyn Baker referred
to her ‘put feeling” that the densi
ty was too high when she walked
the site after the original Cragy
proposal was made. “Phe change
is too dramatic and one that |
cannot support.’ she said.