NEWS phots Paul McGrath

Cap carnival

MALCOLM GOULD, 3, slides down a giant slide at Capitano Mall on Saturday.
West Coast Amusements set up shop for tiie weekend in the parking lot behind

Dave Buck Ford.

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Wednesday, May 1, 1996 ~ North Shore News ~ 44

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in Edgem

The village
character
preserved

COMMERCIAL + PROP-
ERTIES in Edgemont
Village are facing a
reduced maximum height
of 7.62 metres (25 ft.)
under zoning amendments
intended to preserve the
character of the village.

BY MARTIN MILLERCHIP
Contributing Writer

A public hearing April 23
heard local residents praise
North Vancouver District
Council's initiative in taking
steps to preserve the two-
storey look of the village
while its design guidelines

are developed as part of ihe
Upper Capilano Official
Community Plan.

But three commercial
property owners criticized
the proposed bylaw amend-
ments for arbitrarily reducing
the value of their holdings.

They voiced fears that.
once imposed, the height
restrictions would not be lift-
ed.

Tyke Babalos, the owner
of the Highland House devel-
opment on the former Esso
site in the villege, said the
proposed amendments would
have reduced his {{ apart-
ments to four.

In an earlier letter to
council on the subject
Babalos wrote: “To attain an
efficient, cost effective and
aesthetically acceptable
design for such a mixed use
retail-residential project in
Edgemont Village a three-
storey structure with a mini-

worth vancouver
District Council

mum of 35 feet in building
height is required.”

Planning staff originally
proposed a height limit of 35
feet (present zoning allows
49 feet) but a close 4-3 vote
saw council reduce the height
restriction to 25 feet before
sending it to public hearing.

Edgemont resident Brian
Platts said the proposed
bylaw would buy the corn-
munity some time.

“Surely such a limitation
is only appropriate, other-
wise what is the point in ask-
ing planning staff and local
residents to draft. design
guidelines if, in the mean-
time, we permit the develop-
ment of 40-foot buildings
throughout the village,” said
Platts.

Bear awareness urge

WITH BEARS coming out of
hibernation in the Lower
Mainland region, now is the
time to practise extra care
with garbage and other food
sources to limit potential con-
frontations between bears and
humans.

There are an. estimated
6,500 black bears located in
the Lower Mainland region.
Each year the Conservation
Officer Service is forced to
destroy bears — habitually

attracted to unnatural food .

sources such as exposed
garbage or improperly, stored
food.

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Urbanization is affecting
habitats and increasing the
number of contacts with
humans.

Remember:

Mi bears that become used to
garbage and human food
sources: lose their natural
aversion to people;

W relocation of these bears is
not always successful; often
the relocated bear returns to
the food source, starves to
death or is killed or driven
away by other bears;

B sometimes a bear is simply.

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livestock and fruit trees with

electric fencing;.

@ store garbage indoors until

collected;

W@ ensure compost bins and

other potential food sources’

are secured in airtight contain- oe

ers;
@ keep pets penned. Pet food ;
should be securely stored,

Cail’ conservation: officers,
only when a bear is aggressive.
Contact the B.C. Environment
Office at 582- “5200.

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