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A PAIR: of runners near the. finish line. of. the: recent
Khatsalano 15 km run. Over 1500 athletes took part in this
year’s race, which was won by Coquitiam’s 's Mark Francis and,

' Prince . George's Cathy, Lowls.

‘BRITISH PACIFIC Properties
(BPP). -has applied for. permis-

“sion. to..build’a » four-storey ©
Office building in the clyde *

Avenue area. P
"WEST VANCOUVER
“DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis -

AU its Nov. 20 meeting, West

{Vancouver | District Council ‘for-

: » has become known as the Park Royal :
Hotel Neighbourhood Area has been:

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“warded ‘the: application for a devel-

- opment permit for the 40,000 sq. ft.

= building to‘its advisory design panel

and advisory planning commission
for'comment.»-..”

“oe Located ‘north “of Marine’ Drive.

-and east of ‘Taylor Way, an.area that

under study for several :years. *

~ An association of property. own-
’ ers has been’ working on a plan that

would discourage haphazard devel-

opment and make the most of the »
potential of an area that is currently

underdeveloped.

“..*, But it has been‘a slow process.

-.The idea of a pedestrian orient-

“ed, tree-lined enclave of mixed resi-

dential and commercial use was
aah to property owners and
council. : ‘

3 ‘ask. the competition,

But there is limited access to the
area. The only redevelopment
scheme . that would: satisfy the
Ministry of - Highways involved
building a tunnel under Taylor Way.

in a Nov. 14 report. to council,
municipal planner Laura Lee Richard
“advised that the ministry won't con-
‘Sider:the tunnel until broader issues
such ‘as the replacement of Lions
Gate Bridge, are settled.

“Guidelines. have been estab-
lished but the plan has: not-been’
completed’ , and: implemented.”
Coun. Rod Day said.
“" BPP, owners. of much of the
undeveloped. property ‘above the

Upper Levels Highway, considers’. §

the integrated plan “on hold.”

‘=: In the meantime, it is going

-ahead with a proposal for a two par-

cel site at 615-635.Clyde Avenue.
The current plan for‘an office

building with commercial usage ‘on

.the ground floor, conforms to the

provisions of the current zoning.
. There are considerable variances
to the siting and height regulations,

however, including elimination of:

the front yard setback.

Nigel Baldwin Architects have
designed ‘a strata development that
could be divided into suites for pro-
fessional users.

The building would be made up
of three “masses” connected by a
two-storey courtyard.

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‘Ray Coon. Join him at Lynn Valley Centre as he leads a parade of puppets

on a search for the REAL Santa Claus on Saturday, December 2: beginning
at 10:30 am. Santa and his buddy Billy Ray will be posing for FREE pictures

~- through December 23, when the reindeer will whisk them away: to, make.
‘Christmas dreams come true!

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