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Company’s bid for Gleneagles subdivision met with WV bylaw revamp

BC Rail plans to apply fora
40-lot subdivision of a 27-
‘acre (11- hectare) easement
in.the Gleneagles area may
be delayed following a move
by West Vancouver District
Council Monday to change
its subdivision bylaw.

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By Maureen Curtis
Contrinuing Writer

Flanked by two lawyers. council
introduced an amendment to the
subdivision bytaw that will climi-
nate the current practice of allowing
preliminary subdivision approval!
prior to final approval.

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The amendment passed Uiree
readings, Final approval may be
made during a special council meet-
ing this morning.

BC Rail Properties general
manager Jim Cox called the amend-
ment change “unfortunate.”

“We were working to find i
solution that would satisfy every-
body. T guess we're not at that
point.” he said.

With the amendment in place.
developers will have lo approach
the municipal subdivision approv-
ing officer with a completed plan,
rather than obtaining preliminary
approval with a rough plan in place.

BC Rail's subdivision proposal.
which included dedication of 14
acres (5.6 hectares) of the casement

for the preservation of Seaview
Walk, will likely require revision,
Cox said.

There has been considerable
public reaction to BC Rail’s
announced intention last year to
develop the rail line casement it
abandoned in the western part of
the municipality after a 1972 derail-
ment, A tunnel rejoins the original
line north of Horseshoe Bay.

Cox said that 25 public meetings
were held in 1993 so that BC Rail
could gather input from residents,

But many said they wanted to
mainttin the status quo.

Since 1978, the municipality has
leased the casement from BC Rail,
A portion of the land is used for the
popular Seaview Walk, a playing

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field and overflow parking for BC
Hydro.

Some local residents reject any
kind of development of the ease-
ment. Others may accept some
compromise.

A portion of the easement, a nar-
row strip of land. may not accom.
modate housing without some kind
of variance from council.

Approximately 400° people
signed a petition asking council to
use its powers to preserve the stiaitus
quo or enhance the recreational and
puolic use of the laad “to ensure
that the special residential character
and unique amenities of Uris area
are preserved and enhanced.”

Local resident Sheila Herrmann

d the names on the petition had

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been collected in jess than 36 hours.

Herrmann wanted to know what
powers council would be prepared
to use to preserve the easement.

West Vancouver Mayor Mark
Sager has already asked the provin-
cial government if the casement
could simply be donated to the
municipality. He was met with a
negative response.

Roy Bartholemew. of the
Gleneagles ratepayers group, said
removal of the preliminary
approval step from the development
process will be a positive move for
the community.

“his more reassuring to the pub-
lic to know the full implications of
a development in its final form,” he

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