dents seek rejection of proposed p Wednesday, January 20, 1993 — North Shore News — b- Opponents say venue would create too many problems in Lower Capilano area By Surj Rattan News Reporter - JUST SAY no. _ That’s what Lower Capilano- area resident Vivien Souza wants North Vancouver District Council: to’ say to a neighborhood . pub proposed jor 1765 ‘Capilano Rd. Counci!. is expected to hear a rezoning . application from the -pub’s: applicants, Roger and Margorie Gibson, some time in February. ; The pub proposal has already won the support of the district's advisory design :panel and adviso- ry planning commission. Council will hear a report from the disirict’s standing. committee that will either reject the proposed pub application or recommend a public hearing be held on the issue. But Souza said the pub, which would be on the west’ side of Capilano Road, betweeri Fullerton ‘Avenue and Curling Road, is be- ing proposed for the wrong area. ; “Just say no. There are too ‘many ,problems in, that’ area right now," said Souza. She added that she will invite district Mayor Murray Dykeman to walk or drive through the area proposed for the pub so he can see the problems for himself. Souza said she only learned about the proposed pub when she . read a story about it in the North Shore News. And while Roger Gibson had told the News on Nov, 27 that he had sent notices out to area, resi- Developer maintains no age restriction in purchasing of suites From page 1, version of the buiiding suites from’ rental to strata title, 77 Council approved the change to strata title but upheld the age 1 restriction early last year. ‘ in the meantime suites sales began. : : an ‘In| November a number of owners of the approximately 60 suites sold thus far asked council to consider, eliminating the age restriction... Last. week council j agreed-with a.staff recommenda- tion not to lift the restriction. « Linda Pruden is 47; her hus- band: is .51.,,As owners’ they technically ° meet. the requirement of. the restrictive covenant.. But she said, *‘A good number of the people in this building are under the age restriction. So: this’ ‘ produces a lobby group within the . building who, are’ going to: insist ‘on.their Charter of Rights. _*This. makes it very difficult for - us to form a strata ‘association, because “we «are divided , in the ‘building.’ 7 ‘Pruden said the existence of the restrictive. covenant. was disclosed to her. when ‘she and her husband . had - already: ‘decided ‘to. buy a suites. In ‘its approval of the orginal : proposal for the building, district ‘council substantially - reduced | the required. number: of parking stalls atthe site on the -basis that the Suites would -b2 -sold: “10, and oc cupied by, seniors. Pruden. fears that: parking will be at’ a premium’ as the building fills up with’ younger people with cars. But. ‘said | Shahra Co-operators .. General Inshrance ‘Co,. and. Marksearch Properties Ltd., ‘There is ‘no parking short" age in the project. “Everyone whe: buys a one- “bedroom. gets one “parking stall. People who’ buy larger. suites get two parking stalls." «Malek said the. majority’ "of Budget Beaters a HB Business wee des "Comics wee elvie | Editorial Page a a Frugal Gourmet. ; “purchase, decision, whether ‘them 50 .or not potential the | age purchasers ° and . object to suite purchasers restriction, ; “A lot of people objected to it, and some people felt it was un- consitutional. We took this in- formation to council, but unfor- tunately they would prefer not to do anything,” he said. Malek said anyone is entitled to buy. :° “We're .not allowed to turn anyone away, It’s considered to be “one of the best buildings in the ‘Lower Mainland in terms of qual- ity. “We felt that we had to bring it: to ‘their (council) attention, because. the restrictive «. covenant doesn't say anyone under 50 can’t buy. ‘It just says that there must be someone over: 50 residing in that particular suite. . “We went to council, and ‘we said that it was an unusual cove- nant and we felt: it- was’ kind of not really appropriate. . “We just have to make the ‘purchaser aware of the covenant, , which we do. Essentially it’s up to (purchasers) to make their have someone living is’ their prerogative,*® he added. But. Brian: Hulme, member, was attracted to the con- cept: -of a seniors’ residential build- will own - ing at the club, and in August his 80- -year- old mother-in- law bought in. ““She had been ina rental unit “on Lonsdale ‘and was looking for a lifestyle’ that was more con- “ducive to what seniors might. find —— people, sharing time together i in activities: : . *This'.doesn’ t happen’ with younger “people who: tend to have their- own circle of friends. - This .building seemed ‘to be ideal. The thing is younger people are living there, and -it's becoming fairly dominant of a younger group. of people whose interests . are: dif- ferent,’’ hesaid. ' ; BA Lifestyles.....0..... Wi Mailbox .....2..... EB North Shore Now. . @ Sports ...... MTV Listings weeeeed - Weather Thursday; rain. Friday, cloudy with showers. | "Highs 6°C, Lows OC. ". Canadian Publications Mail Sales Prods Agreeraent Number 0087238 own | they with” a NSWC_ dents informing them about a public information meeting he held on the issuc, as required by the district, Souza said she and others in ‘the area received no such notice. : “Vm not happy with the way - they’ve gone through the process. We're already at stage four. {| don’t even know how they got to stage one. “The traffic in that area right now is just a mess, and this pub will only compound the prob- lem,’” said Souza. She also took exception to Gib- son’s comment that ‘tno cone is going to come out (of the pub) impaired." “Can they guarantee asked Souza. Arlene’ Crossen, a spokesman for the nearby Klahanie Court that?” Family Housing Society, said sev- eral people living in the complex ure opposed to the neighborhood pub application. “We have no parking on that (Capilano, Road) street. I would not go out there at all, “The seniors who five in our complex (would . be) fearful to walk in the area at night if the pub goes in. “Our homes would be in risk,” said Crossen. ’ Crossen asked Klahanie Court residents to fill out comment sheets on the pub proposal and deliver them to district hail. Wrote one respondent: ‘I feel we doit need another (pub) in this area as my husband was killed by a drinking driver. No way.’" But Gibson said if more people were opposed to his pub applica- tion then he would have had a higher’: turnout for his public meeting. He added that he publicized the meeting . by. sending |out ,.800 notices to area residents and tak- ing out two ads in the North Shore News. But Gibson said only 23 house- . holds attended the meeting. “People’s drinking habits have changed. You can go there and: have a coffee or dinner,’’. said Gibson: , _ He ‘also dismissed charges that the: patrons of the pub would cause problems for area residents, because any traffic from:the. pub. would come from Curling’ Club Road and would have to ‘turn ei: ther left’ or right onto Capilano Road. Burglary suspect” S vehicle tracked. for “police. -NORTH VANCOUVER District works’ crews are being credited with helping capture a man suspected of break-" ing into an Edgemont-area house. on Friday morning. ; “A North .Vancouver RCMP" spokesman, said. two. young resi- dents of a house on: Tall Tree: had rettirned home = and noticed a man removing stereo’ Lane equipment from their house and putting it in his van, which was parked'in the driveway of the house. ‘One of the youngsters called the RCMP, while the “second notified a passing North Van- - couver. District garbage truck crew about the incident. The garbage truck crew. then alerted: its engincering depart- - ment about the incident, which in turn notified the police. .The ‘driver of . the garbage .* _ truck, who asked not to be iden- tified, said he. and his partner were picking up. garbage along _ Tall Tree Lane at about 11 a.m. on Friday when a: dark-colored van-pulled into the driveway of.a- house from which they ‘had just. picked up garbage. .. The garbage truck continued . on its rounds, and when it came back in the opposite. direction,. the driver’ said . he’ noticed’ two youngsters’ talking to .an- adult male in front of the house. where’ the van was parked. we “The next thing I‘ know,’ one By Surj Rattan ; .. News Reporter... of ‘the kids comes running up to. us_and said someone had broken . into their hduse and was stealing things like stereo equipment, and .,the van pulled out in front of us and took off. “F thought the. kid is all right and the van has gone, so that’s the end of it. But the kid tells us that there. was’ a man in ‘the house with a gun. “I asked-him where his friend was, and’ he said inside the house.”’ The garbage. truck driver ‘add- : ed. that; he. then. reported . the’ in- cident .to. the “district’s engineer- ing department and gave a par-. tial, description .of the van, al-, though “he: was unable to write down the.licence plate number. There turned out to be no one inside the house with a gun, al- though one of the young occu- pants of. the. house -was inside talking. “'to- the“ “police on. the phone. -- : “One of..our “other guys , “from 7 the ‘parks ‘départment then spot- _ted-the van ‘by. Westview Drive. The ‘guy.in | parks -got: close its’ enough: to the” van and reperted” licence. plate “number ‘| to engineering “who. then. told police.”’ The police: mriade an “unsuc-_ cessful-attempt to stop the: vehi-.. cle at Jones Avenue and, 26th Street.’ : - A police spokesman’ said - the” police abandoned the chase when’ they thought,..speeds* were reaching a dangerous. level, al- though they. continued to follow. the vehicle at a reduced speed. The ‘suspect vehicle. then . col- * lided with: a‘ grey. 1986 Renault: driven by an elderly man when the van attempted to turn -left from Keith Road onto. Mahon Avenue.’ The “man- suffered minor injuries and was transpor- ted to:Lions Gate Hospital. Craig Alan Hommel;’"30;° ‘White Rock, was arrested at the “scene of the accident, '\He “has! been charged , with break and/enter, possession. of stolen. property ‘and, possession of-a stolen'licence plate. _ “ “If the guy (suspect) hadn't said anything about a gun-and if: there .wasn’t a kid ‘inside the house then: we wouldn’t have © “bothered, : ares at “But, we're always watching : out for things when we’re on the’ road,’’ . said. the - driver Of | the garbage truck. :