10 - Wednesday, June 18, 1986 - North Shore News

COUNCIL FEARS VANCOUVER SPECIAL’ INFLUX

WV District to establish ‘thin lot’ policy

THIN _IS “beautiful unless
you rea lot.

‘By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

North Vancouver District Coun-
cil wrangled with the issue of small
lot. indiii.in existing district
ocighborhoods Monday, and
decided to pass the issue on to the
districts’ Advisory Design Panel.
and.Advisory Planning Commis-
sion for further study and ‘recom-
mendations.

“At the heart of the issue is the

thorny question ‘of, peas taste.)

‘changes

‘Clark,
mittce made up of people from the °

lots in existing neighborhoods.
“We're . secing an. increasing
number of homes: on small lots.
The ‘public is’ concerned. Over
building on small lots drastically
changes a neighborhood's charac-
ter,’’ said Gadsby.
"Regulating what can be built on
small 33-foot lots has been a con-
cern for council since 1977, when
to the provincial
Municipal Act took away a
municipality's power to stop
development on the-small lots.

But Ald. Craig Clark said more
regulations are the wrong way to
BOLE

. “TE: we're going ‘to get better
“ housing, we. should ‘have ‘positive

ss incentives and educate to strive for

” said

a’'com-

improvements -in. esthetics
“We: should have:

industry look at developing some

-kind:\of. positive incentive plan.
Better‘design means better quality. §
this’ and we’ll:-get

emphasi
at we're. looking for,’* he said.
’ Mayor. Marilyn Baker said some

areas are already ling with: the

Canyon Heights, infill is being
divided up cheek by jowl in an
established housing area. A large
part of the problem is trying to en-
courage redevelopment consistent
with the style of the
neighborhood,”’ said Baker.

The planning report noted the
increased regulation of small lot
infill would translate into higher
costs to police the new guidelines.

‘Many builders, build as‘ iarge
as they can because they charge by
the square foot. More’ staff. to

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police new guidelines would be a
fair price to pay to protect the
character of the community," said
Ald. Ernie Crist. .

onwards

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