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Residents of a North

Vancouver garden apart-
ment block are upset by

decision to enforce a no pets.

rule, allegedly after allowing
residents to keep pets for
several years, and one is
planning to start a protest
petition. .

The manager of Seymour
Village Garden Apartments,
at 924 Lytton Street, is
entering all apartments to
ensure that the rule is
upheld, and those who
refuse to get rid of their pets
will be asked to leave.

June Carter, who lives in
one of the apartments, says
that they have kept a dog on
the premises for the last two
and a half years and that
some people have had dogs

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pets crackdown

or cats even longer.

But, on April 25, the
Carters and other residents
were informed that the
management of the units
intended to enforce the rule
that no pets be are allowed
on the property.

A letter dated June 30
informed residents that they
had until July 20 to get rid of
their dogs and cats.

The letter said that the
manager of the apartments
would be entering the
apartments after that date to
make sure that no pets are
present.

“Please be reminded that
if we ever see any pet in your
suite, we will be forced to
give you a Termination
Notice,” the letter said.

Citing the North Van-
couver District ordinance
that prohibits pets from
roaming at large, the letter
also said “... any pet found
roaming the grounds off a

leash will be subject to
impoundment.”
The Carters received a

notice on July 23 that the
manager would be entering
their suite Friday, something
that upsets Mrs Carter.

Under the Residential
Tenancy Act, landlords are
allowed to enter a tenant's
apartment “on reasonable
grounds.”

A‘ spokesman for the
Rentalsman’s office said that
a landlord would be able to
enter an apartment if he had
a strong suspicion that a pet

“DISGUSTED TENANT
Douglas Carter (with
arms crossed) ignores
apartment managers J.
Boddy (left) and P. The
as they leave his apart-
ment. after a_ futile
search for pets. Carter
Says many of the resi-
dents weren't even
Rotified of the search.
(Terry Peters photo)

was being kept illegally.

But, she said the landlord
is only allowed to enter if he
had a strong suspicion that a
pet was present, and is not
allowed to actively search
the premises.

Carter cannot understand
why there has been a sudden

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A resident's request made
two weeks ago to West
Vancouyer council for flood
damage assistance will be
studied further but in-
dications are that the
municipality will not support
his claim.

Dale Clark of 1631 22nd

’ Street told council July 7

that because of a defective
storm sewer both - his
property and his neighbor's

|. had been damaged by water

- and mud — the worst of it

occurring in 1975.

Clark at the time
that the
municipality support his
insurance claim, repair the
damaged driveway, retaining
wall and private dram, and
in the long run place the
storm sewer between 21st
Street and Ottawa Avenue
underground.

But last week Municipal
Manager Terry Lester told
council that the municipality
has to take the position that
“we are not responsible for
the water flow.”

“There are 500 other
people in this community
over the last eight years who
have had flooding problems

ome owner

as well,” Lester added.

Clark . insisted . that the
municipal storm sewer is still
the source of that water
flow. “All people in a similar
situation to myself will be
upset when they realize they
have no protection —
especially residents above
Nelson Avenue and below
the Upper Levels Highway
between. 2ist and 27th
Streets,” Clark emphasized.

He warned that these
people “will seek an
upgrading of the storm sewer
system.”

A report submitted to
council by Lester stated also
that to adopt Clark’s
suggestion would lead cither
to an increase of the
municipality's premium for
liability insurance or to a
cancellation of the insurance ”
altogether.

Since 1975 the only in-
surance underwriter willing
to cover West Van has been
ICBC.

Mayor Derrick Hum-
phreys. however, assured
Clark that his case will be
studied further and sup-
ported a motion to table the
matter indefinitely.

crackdown on pets in the
unit which she says has more
than 200 apartments. But she
feels it may be connected to
a change in ownership last
fall.

She says that one of the
earlier managers even kept
dogs himself, and this new

‘ ruling will force people to

either leave or get rid of
their pets somehow.

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