Forester
memorial

A MEMORIAL service
will be hetd today for
Mark Wareing.
Wareing, 50, commit-
ted suicide on April 16.
He was active in local
watershed tand issues.
Wareing worked for
the provincial forest, ser-
vice for 20 years and
became staff forester for
the Western Canada
Wilderness Committee.
The service is at 1
p.m. by the totem poles
at North Burnaby Park.
The park is at the end of
Centennial Way.

CLARIFICATION:

THE BUSINESS address_ of
Investors Choice Product
Brokerage Ltd. printed in the
Wednesday, April 24, edition
of the North Shore News is
no longer associated with the
multi-level marketing busi-
ness, The address on
’ Baycrest Drive in Deep Cove
is a private home and not
presently connected with
Nathan or David Kalenuik,
both of whom were. men-
tioned in the News report.
The residents living at the
Baycrest Drive home. have
lived there since November.

houses etter |

BY IAN NOBLE
News reporter

MOVES TO halt the construc-
tion of what are unlovingly
referred to as monster houses
are again afoot in West
Vancouver.

The latest attempt to trim “bulk hous-
ing” represents the fourth phase of a 15-
year process in the district, said assistant
planner Joel Lawson.

Lawson co-authored an April 1) report
to council that recommends ways to
amend zoning bylaws to prevent monster
houses. Reducing the allowable size of
houses on large lots is part of the equa-
tion.

In other instances, recommendations
won't prevent monster houses, said
Lawson. He hopes to encourage “articula-
tion.” which he described as “ways to
make buildings fit on to the site better
without necessarily making the building
smaller.”

A box-like house with unbroken

"expanses of roof, wall or foundation con-

tributes to visual bulk. he said in’ the
report.

Both public and counci) have asked
that the issue of the unappealing houses
be addressed, said Lawson,

The recommendations, which would
also affect additions or
changes to existing homes.
include:

M@ reducing allowable
house sizes on large lots;
W excluding 50% of creek
areas on lots in the calculation of the floor
area ratio;

W increasing side yard setbacks,
changing the formula for basement
exemptions from floor area calculations;
@ eliminating a parking exemption of 592
sq. ft (53.3 sq. m) and increasing accesso-
ry building size from 237 sq. ft. (21.3 sq.
m) to 500 sq. ft. (45 sq. m). Parking would
then be allowed in the accessory building.

To encourage flexible designs in hous-
es, recommendations include:

@ implementing a formula to limit site
coverage,

@ partially exempting open trellises,
which can reduce apparent bulk, from site
coverage regulations:

& allowing garages in the front yard to

we st vancouver
District Council

soften the bulk of the dwelling.

The report added that a 10-foot (3m)
setback from creek preservation areas
should be considered.

The report has gone to the Advisory
Planning Commission and Advisory
Design Panel for review
and comment. Council
wants a public hearing in
mid-June and so has asked
that comments come back
to council by May 22

Lawson anticipates the two groups
will have a lot of comments to make and
added: that many changes in the recom-
mendations will occur before anything is
adopted by council.

The report included a number of other
“housekeeping” recommendations, in-
cluding:

— lowering the height of crawl spaces
excluded from floor area ratio from 5°11”
to four feet.

— limiting the number of garage doors
facing a street to three.

The latter recommendation stems from
an ineffective current regulation that jim-
its garages to three spaces. Many larger
homes include more than one garage,
each with three spaces.

NV couple takes home jackpot

Melanie and John Ross .

GEORGE AND Janet
Perryman of North Vancouver
recently joined the ranks of
the wealthy.

On April 19, the two
claimed a winners’ cheque of
$1,006,750 for a BC/49 draw
from the B.C. Lottery Corp.

When George checked the
numbers on his April 6 Quick
Pick Combo ticket, they
looked like they matched the

“I didn't think it was
worth more than a few thou-
sand dollars, so I just put it
with my other small winners.

“The next time I went to
buy tickets. I had it checked
and the woman told me I'd
won $1 million.” said
George.

The two plan to give a
portion of the winnings to

family and friends and invest

some of the cash. “We've got

it all tied up.” said George.
George, a former chief

engineer on a ship, and -

Janet, a former ship’s cook,
are both retired.

Meanwhile,
Vancouver residents recently
redeemed their winning lot-
tery tickets.

two North:

correctly matched five num-
bers pius the bonus number
on their March 13 6/49 and
won $62,504.10.

Said 33-year-old Melanie,

a mother of two, “John was
out of town when I realized

we had won. When I phoned
him, he told me not to spend.
The. —

it until he got home.”
couple's plans for the prize

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Michael Becker
News Editar
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Sports & Community Editor
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