NV man jailed, fined $1,300 A 23-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was sentenced Feb. 22 in West Vancouver provincial court to 14 days in jail and fined $1,300. Wesley Allan Milter was sentenced after he had pleaded guilty to driving while prohibited from doing so by a court order in connec- tion with a Nov. 21, 1989 incident. Miller also pleaded guilty to incorrectly stating his name and address and that of the car owner when stopped by the police. Mian jailed for uttering threats A 36-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was sentenced March 6 inNorth Vancouver provincial court tothree months in jail for utter- ing threats to a North Vancouver lawyer to injure his client. Thomas Andrew Royle pleaded guilty to making a threat to John Lakes of Lakes, Straith and Redgers to cause desth or seriously bodily harm to John Royle, who is Lakes’ clien! and is also the brother of the accused. Appearing before Judge J.L. McCasihy, Royle was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to have no contact with his brother, except through Lakes. Coke trafficker jailed 9 months A 20-YEAR-OLD Richmond woman was sentenced Feb. 28 in North Vancouver provincial court to uine months in jail and placed on probation for two years after she pleaded guilty to a narcotics- related offence. Erika Croft was originally charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking in connection with a Sept. 1, 1989 inci- dent. Croft was sentenced to an additional two weeks in jail after she pleaded guilty to failing to appear for a scheduled Oct. 4, 1989 court date. New community; association meets THE EAST Seymour Community Association wil) hold its first annual general meeting for the election of officers Wednesday, March 14, starting at 7:30 p.m., at Sherwood Park Elementary School, 4085 Dollar Rd. in North Vancouver, North Vancouver District Ald. Bil! Rodgers, the meeting’s guest speaker, will present an update on the Parkgate shopping and rec- reation centres. There will also be a presentation made by the North Shore Public Golf Course Society on the proposed Nor- thiands golf course. For more information call 929-4678. 18-year-old jailed 18 months AN 18-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was sentenced March f in West Vancouver provincial court to 18 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a series of break and enter-related offences com- mitted last year. The charges laid against Dion Frederick Lewis included posses- sion of a stolen mountain bike on June 20, an attempted break and enter on July 30, and six counts of break, enter and theft laid against him in connection with a series of North Vancouver break-ins that took place from Sept. 8, 1989 to Oct, 23, 1989. Appearing before Judge J.K. Shaw, Lewis also pleaded guilty to failing to appear fora Jan, 2 court date. 1990 - ‘.orth Shore News March #1, 5 - Sunday, “NURSING-& ~ HOME CARE- CARING EXPERIENCED STAFF * ANS + LPNs « Aides City frowns on rental bonus scheme A LOCAL developer's proposal to build rental suites within his de- velopment under North Vancouver City’s “*bonusing’’ system met with resistance Monday night from city council, New Release by Keith Hiscock “Beach House” THE UEeNs DAL Q GALLERY € 129 W. Esplanade St., 986-3222 DENTURE SERVICE R. PALLAI & R. ANDERSON @ NEW DENTURES * Homemakers * Live-ins 24 DRAKE A DAI MEDOX 987-0861 HEALTH SERVICES” Contributing Writer But a council member said the city still wants to encourage the construction of rental housing. “Council isn’t taking a decision (to not have) rental housing,”* said @ RELINES Ald. Barbara Sharp. @ COMFORTABLE SOFT LINERS The bonusing proposal by M @ REPAIRS and M Investments for their site at 17th Street and Lonsdale Avenue @ FREE CONSULTATION would have provided nine new rental suites for a 10-year period, after which the developer would be free to sell the suites Bonusing allows a developer to exceed the maximum allowable building mass outlined in the Of- ficial Community Plan (OCP) by NORTH VANCOUVER oe “CITY. COUNCIL? up to 10 per cent of the building’ Ss size, as long as the extra suites are designated as rental housing. But bonusing does not allow de- velopers to exceed the maximum heights for buildings outlined in the OCP. Developer MacLean Manage- ment had recently received ap- proval from council to proceed with a similar proposal. But MacLean may be the first and last developer to be allowed to sell the rental suites after 10 years, after city staff pointed to a recent decision by council to require de- velopers to maintain the rental suites as long as the building stands. M and M project manager Bruce MacFarlane said the proposal was ‘not an issue of forcing council.”’ But he later said council should consider amending the bylaw to allow the 10-year clause. “‘There’s no rental housing be- ing built in the city now,’’ said MacFariane. —