Al8 - Wednesday, November 9, 1983 - North Shore News

Fell folks falling draws council's wrath

TWO FAMILIES on Fell Avenue in North Van-
couver City who took the law and the axe into their
own hands won’t get reimbursed by the City for
chopping down trees on City land.

Council members express-
ed indignation at the actions
of Rick and Anne Ross and

PET CORNER

Kenh and Sharon Bowman
and voted to write them a let-
ter refusing reimbursement
and saying that no-one has
the nght to go onto City pro-
perty and remove trees.

SWEET LITTLE seven-month-old kitten needs a home.
He may be seen, along with many others, at the Adoption
Day at Westlyan Mali on Tharsday. Phone Doris Orr at
987-9015.

Hollyburn looks to
West Van council
for break on sign

By JOANNE McDONALD

HOLLYBURN PROPER
TIES Led. will have to submit
another signage proposal ([o
West Vancouver councal if
they ever expect to have a
sign erected at Hollyburn
Plaza, located on the cornet
of 18th St. and Manine Drive

The company’s ornginal
proposal, which represents 14
retail, medical, and dental of
fhees, inchuding the offices
of Royal Trust, on a
100 -squarc- foot free standing
sign, was denicd by
municipality’s Advisory
Design Panel, duc to insuffi
cient information at a
mecting held October 13.

However, the company ap
pealed that decision at Mon
day's publi mecting, only to
have counal turn back a mo
tion to have the ADP recon
sider the proposal along with
some new drawings

Donna McCronc, property
manager with Hollyburn
Propertes bid | told council
the merchants at Hollyburn
Plaza are suffering from the
lack of roadside advertise
meat, with several metchants
vacating they retail
within the past year

“Sinee ous merchants arc
suffeting we, the Landlords,
are in turn suffernng,’” said
McC rone ‘““They demanded
the sign from us tn order to
heip their businesses *”

A spokesman for Galaaic
Signs, John Graham said
although the proposed sign
might seem large, the “cur
rent by law allowing fiec
standing signs only up to a

space

maximum size of 25 square
feet is grossly ineffective for
a plaza of this size.”’

Graham said he could not
understand why the original
architects of the Plaza did
not erect a sign at an earlier
date

He added, ‘There's a lot
of competinon from signs in
the area) [This particular sign
is tasteful compared to other
signage around the Plaza "’

Several councillors
disagreed with McCrone and
Gaaham with Ald Dorecn
Blackburn saying she teit the
Plaza was already sufficiently
well endowed with cxisting
signs She stated that in West
Vancouver, only Park Royal
had a larger sign than the one
proposed, adding the
notwcably larger Safeway
sign on Marine Drive was in
stalled ‘‘pre by law)

Mayor Derock Humphreys
concurred, saying he was
against West
becoming

Vancouver
aff_lacted
“Kangsway itis,”
the busy
through
Vancouver

with
tcferring to
attery cunning
Burnaby and

In a iettct to COouncsl dated
Nov bt, the general manager
of Hollyburn Properties
ltd. Stephen Sandes said
thar if them request for the
magn ts denicd, “'we wall sultiece
anduc financial hardship as a
continuous stream of tenants
will move in and out because
of lack of exposure and retail
trafthe

A follow up proposal is ox
pected from Hollyburn Pro
perties lid im othe
future. possibly
Chaistmas season

neae
before the

Ald. Gary Payne called the
tree-chopping ‘‘a totally in-
appropniate action’’.

The two families had com-
plained in June, 1982, about
the cottownwood trees, but
City staff said they posed no
danger and were located over
60 feet away from the houses
of the two families.

In the letter to council, the

QUALITY EDUCATION

Can GO HAND IN HAND

families said, ‘‘We had ex-
perienced recent heavy winds
and both felt these trees were
quite dangerous ... Believing
the trees were a_ definite
threat to our families and
homes we undertook respon-
sibility to ... remove them.
Our bill was $665. And we’re
alive.”’

The families asked for
reimbursement, of the $665

for felling the trees on Fell
Avenue.

‘*Naturally,’’ they wrote,
“"we expect a portion of our
taxes will go towards
Maintenance and upkeep of
our city. We would also ex-
pect that upkeep to include
safety, just as we must main-
tain our own properties in

that respect. Having to pay

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

and

Experienced, dedicated and
concerned school trustees will
be needed to maintain North
Vancouver’s high standards of
education during a time of fiscal

restraint.

The Citizen’s Association for
Responsible Education supports
re-election of those trustees
who combine Fiscal
responsibility and concern for
our school children.

Show You C.A.R.E. on Nov. 19th

IN THE CITY

Frank Warburton

Margaret Jessup

Chief Philip Joe

IN THE DISTRICT

from our own pockets, over
and above our taxes, seems
Quite unnecessary.”’

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