Af? - Sunday, May 9, 1982 - North Shore News Rg WRECKED HOMES on seven Bellevue lots west of 22nd Street may soon be removed by the municipality if the owners, who plan a controversial 20-storey highrise on the site, don't do the job themselves. (Ellsworth Dickson photo) Council to decide fate of W. Van derelict homes FROM PAGE A1 since the last transient tenants departed about six months ago. West Van council is now invoking Section 936 of the Municipal Act which em- powers it to remove dangerous or offensive erections. At tomorrow evening's hearing the owners of the Bellevue eyesore will be given a chance to “show cause” why that should not happen. In practice, such hearings are usually a for- mality. What council will really be asking the owners is: Are you going to get nd of the offending buildings or shall we doit for you (in that case, adding the cost to your tax bill)? Owners are traditionally given 3O days to comply. says Mumicipal Clerk Doug Allan If they don't. the municipality serves process on them, a legal requirement that can take up to a further 60 days If the offending buildings are sull there, the municipal bulldozers move in, The wrecked old houses occupy the site of a proposed 20-storey highrise which has been a subject of controversy with council and hostile area residents for more than three years. The property. is owned by Bay Beach Towers Ltd., one of whose principals is Abraham Erlichman, a West Van resident. In February — despite vocal opposition from affected residents — council finally agreed to issue a development permit for the planned tower, subject to two conditions Council required the width of the highrise to be reduced to 84 ft from 96 ft and the setback from 22nd street to be increased to SO ft. from 30 ft. So far, the owners have refused to agree to these modifications and _ the project remauns stalled. Erlichman says the main problem is council's in- sistence on siting the tower 20 ft. farther to the west. This, he told The News, would place it directly behind the pink. 11-storey Villa Maris apartment block on the south side of the street, thereby robbing the lower floors tn the new highrise of sea views. The latter would occupy only two of the seven lots compnsing the property. The plan for the remaining five lots. Erhchman says, calls for tenmis courts and attractive landscaping which would be a visual asset to the ENROL NOW neighborhood. In return, Erlichman feels the municipality should be prepared to compromise on the siting issue. Whatever the outcome of that argument, the im- mediate issue is now the removal of the unsightly and dangerous old dwellings. The prospect ansing from tomorrow's hearing ts that, one way or another, they will be gone by August. But whether they will be replaced by anything but a field of weeds is still an open question. ater supply back on tap A WATER SUPPLY for North Vancouver City, cut off since floods and slides destroyed the double intake system above Lynn Creek last October, will soon be restored. City council last week approved the spending of $292,000 to repair and restore the lower intake of the Lynn Creek Intake System. The city currently buys its water from the Greater Vancouver Water District. In addition, aldermen also voted to call a meeting with provincial Environment Minister Stephen Rogers and local MLAs Jack Davis and Angus Ree to secure at least partial funding from the provincial government for the project. (Although the provincial government promised financial assistance to flood victims, no formal 1/2 PRICE on HAIR CUTS by Jean Paul uw July 14/82 Specializing in Perms & Colors Open Mon. thru Sat. APPOINTMENT: 926-6910 1730 Marine Or. West Vancouver agreement has been reached with the City for com- pensation during the past six months. ) Aiderman Stella Jo Dean pushed strongly for the mecting. “It’s a lot of money and we shouldn't let it go by the board even though it has been six months.” Mayor Jack Loucks said he understood the provincial government wants more information on the intake system’s damage. ‘They seem to be working on it, but very slowly,” he said. Funds for the repairs will come from the $487,790 currently in the water supply revenue surplus account. Council also decided to delay work on the Upper Intake and Rice Lake system until more money becomes available, as repairs would cost at least $571,000. 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