8 - Friday, March 26, 1993 - North Shore News ouse builder gets rep Council told man would be forced tc to live in tent A MAN accused of repairing cars in a residential neigh- borhood was treated with ‘“‘compassion”’ couver City Council Monday night after he said he would by North have to camp in a tent if his house was demolished. Staff told council that Mirek Boudny, owner of 653 East Sth St., had not observed the terms of an agreement reached lust August that allowed him to leave an ¢x- isting house and garage on the site while he built a new house. In a report, Francis Caouette, the .city’s administrative _coor- dinator of development services, responded to an earlier request from council to ‘‘determine if the excavation of the property (for the new heuse) should be deemed a “nuisance”? and the building permit revoked. Caouette said “construction has Board reviews DUE TO an imbalance in French immersion enrolment at. North Vancouver secondary schools, North Vancouver School District 44 (NVSB) passed a motion at its Tuesday, March 23, meeting calling for French immersion graduates from Dorothy Lynas and Sherwood Park — elementary schools to attend the French immersion program at Argyle. ‘Students enrolled in French immersion at Balmoral will have the choice of attending ci- ther Handsworth or Argyle because their numbers are so few that they will not have a major impact at either school. By Stephen Wisenthal Contributing Writer proceeded, albeit slowly’? and the building permit should not be revoked. But he recommended that staff proceed immediately to seck dem- olition of the existing buildings — a process that would take about a month. Boudny said it would create hardship if iig was required to tear down the existing house im- mediately. He said’ he was storing French studies NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD The new site assignments are for 1993-94 and will be reviewed later. In the 1992-93 school year, students from Dorothy Lynas and Sherwood Park were given the option of attending Handsworth or Argyle to ‘con- tinue their French studies. All but six of those students chose Handsworth over Argyle, giving Handsworth 72 Grade 8 French” immersion students compared with Argyle’s 23, is 1 buyer. eo "] Van- "NORTH VANCOUVER - CITY COUNCIL materials for the new house there, and would have to camp in a tent on the property until the new building was finished. Council voted to give him until the end of July -—- the deadline agreed last August — before seck- ing demolition. Coun. Rod Clark originally suggested a deadline of September, which would give “more than enough time’? to finish the new house, — But city staff said that it would require a new contract to extend the deadline beyond the original date. Councit also heard from Lou Frydrysec, speaking for Boudny, that all auto repair and painting equipinent had been removed from the garage on the site. As reported in the North Shore News, council had told staff to seek an’ injunction requiring that all auto ‘repair activities cease and to investigate whether the building permit should be revoked. LIGHT LUNCHES AT AT PES TAWRAN] 445-131h St, West Van 926- 8922 Regular Prices between $20 and $90 EXTENDED HOURS = BETTER SERVICE | Quuiroplan Mon. - Fri. 9-5 pm Sat. 9-4 pm Tues., March 30, 9-8 pm Wed., March 31, 9-8 pm ° Tenants * Commercial Insurance * Income Tax Service CREST INSURANCE SERVICES Westview Shopping Centre North Vancouver 988-8399 © Homeowners * Boats ¢ Travel Accident GZ After hour appts. available NEW: Exclusive Knee Lifter PRO LINE Sew Like A Pro Baby lock Is proud to announce QTS, the first and only quick ihveading system for a serger! Simp- ly push a lever and the lower locper is threaded, turn the dial and the needles ara threaded! No more frustration. t's quick ond easy. * Exclusive 4/3/2 thread sewlng * Built-in narrow rolled hem * Differential feed * Adjusiable width dial * Rent fo Own , ¢ Only $50 Par Month + Free lassons - * 3 Mo. No Interest sia Tis, Ce dy SAPILA * $50 and $180 In Greater Vancouver, our Royal LePage Representatives have a regisiry of more than 1284 potential buyers and the kinds of houses they're looking for. It’s all on HomeMatch" - our exclusive computer system that matches buyers’ needs to property features. Another advantage only from Royal LePage. Who are you going to list with? North Vancouver 925-1441 985-9544 926-6011 988-2022 BEERS | HATA ROYAL LEPAGE NNN West Vancouver Royal LePage Real Estate Services Lid.,-Broker. fe Are Relocating, Zand still have merchandise we do not want to move mdi grap Kocie sts Gen EC LESSER VALUE ER c