Proposed bylaw will hurt property values

Dear Editor:

As a North Vancouver District
property owner, | have a few
comments on the letter written by
a Mr. Harry. Mayor (MAILBOX
Jan. 22) regarding the proposed
building bylaw changes.

1 also live in a house with
sweeping downtown and harbor
view. | bought knowing that some
of my view could be lost if my
neighbors were to add on or
rebuild,

For a similar price | could have.
property -

bought a waterfront
somewhere else, where my view
would always be protected. But |
made my choice — 1 chose con-
venience over assurance of my
view,

Now that I am settled it’s temp-
ling to try to restrict my neighbors
to building no higher than their
old little ranchers or bungalows in
order !o preserve my view forever.
But that would not be conscien-
tious,

A fair-minded person should
balance his own rights vs. the
rights of his neighbors. | suspect

that Mayor based his opinion on
selfishness and ignorance rather
fairness,

If it was fine for him to add on
to his house to take advantage of
the view, why shouldn’t his
neighbors be allowed 10 do the
same?

Many areas in the District are in
sloping terrain. The existing bylaw
allowing 24 feet maximum eave
height is already the Jowest among
all municipalities (West Vancouver
allows 25 feet maximum eave
height and the City of North
Vancouver allows 30 feet).

Anybody walking by the south
side of 1100-block Dempsey Street
can see how awkward those
houses are — on the street level
all you see are the top of their
roofs and steep driveways. These
houses could be 10 feet higher
without being even noticed.

The existing bylaw already
makes it very difficult and expen-
sive to build on steep lots. Any
reduction in height would make it
next to impossible.

1 was also refused a copy of the

Schreck: no concept of freedoms

Dear Editor:

I must respond to David
Schreck's comments in the Jan. 8
issue of the News.

; In this article Schreck urges the
‘:,, health minister to ‘tconsider egis-
tation to remove the hospital priv-
ileges’ from any physician who
both cepts out of MSP and extra
bills.”

He. goes on to say, ‘‘! cannot
sce why public resources should be
made available to any physician
who fails to exercise public re-
sponsibility.’””. Who does David
Schreck think he is?

I'd like to point out that my tax
dollars go to pay for those
“public resources.’”” Now if 1
choose to go to a doctor who ex-
tra bills, am I-to be denied access
to the facilities that I help pay
for?

We MAY NEED TS CHANGE
ACOUPLE. OF NOTES IN ©
* SouTd OF THE BORDER,
DOWN MEXICO WAY.”

In this case, will my health care
taxes be refunded? Not likely.

If my doctor chooses to extra
bill can I not find another doctor
who doesn’t?

While | shed no tears for B.C.’s
doctors I believe they should en-
joy the same rights and freedoms
that the rest of us enjoy.

Schreck and his socialist
brethren cbviously have no con-
cept of individual rights and the
freedom to make one’s own
choices.

f would strongly urge North
Van-Lonsdale voters to exercise
their freedom of choice in the next
provincial election and send
Schreck back to the deserved
obscurity whence he came.

That is, if this freedom is not
also lost!

Steve Hodge

North Vancouver

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60-page report by the NVD clerk,
who promptly offered to
photocopy the document for me
at 15¢ per page.

Anybody who is genuinely in-
terested in the subject: wouldn't
mind paying a few dollars for his
own copy. It is also available at
any of the district’s libraries.

It is not fair for Mayor to sug-
gest that the district has anything
to hide just because he didn’t get
his ‘*free’’ copies.

1 admire Coun. Turner for, his
stand on principle but am disap-
pointed at Coun. Crist and
Gadsby for the lack of insight and
bowing to self-interest group.

The proposed bylaws will have

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a severe implication of property
values and development.

I hope that the council! will take
its time to have a more extensive
consultation with the professionals
us well as the property owners be-
fore making any changes.

Scffrey Lee
North Vancouver

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