February 12, 1989 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

Be mine, valentine

from North Van fi

. APPROXIMATELY 30 Jower income residents of a North

. Vancouver City apartment building have been given notice
to move out by March 1, following a North Vancouver City
order to the property's previous owner to bring the firetrap
up to zoning, fire and building standards.

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En 1987 a building pert wa Hy MICHAEL HECATR
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rssued tori) suites inthe buidinye

Years ago, the suites were altered
dining rooms and locks were added
to individual bedrooms. A 400-

te create 320 suites af less than 300
Square feet in area. Walls were
built between living rooms and

Distribution 986-1337 $2 pages 2S¢

square-foot illegal suite was added
to the basement.

Acting on complaint, the
building was inspected by the city
Oct. 21. Said city building inspec-
tor Per Melville: ‘Frankly we
were appalicd when we found the
building ni that condition. Uhe fire
exits were through tocked
bedrooms.”' The suites had been
partiuoned without building per-
mits.

Cupid

VALENTINE
LOVE LINES
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An order to discontinue the il-
Jegal use of the building within 90
days and return at to conforming
use was issued Oct. 28 to Hong
Kong owner Foaquim Jong, who
bought the building in 1987. The
order also called for the immediate
removal of Jocks preventing eccess
fo exits as required by the B.C.
Fire Code Regulations.

But Melville said Jong did not
respond to the order. He has since

NORTH SHORE residents Bill Forsyth and Mary Cooper say you are never too old for
romance. Both wish all North Shore News readers a very happy Valentine's Day.

= Fenants forced to move
retrap

sold the building to Wesley and
Mary Smith, who in 1987 bought
an apartment building located at
357 West 4th Street,

While the Smiths refused com-
ment when contacted by the North
Shore News, Melville said the new
owners intend to comply with the
city order to return the building to
conforming use.

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