11-lot residential
plan for site of

seniors stalemate

AN_ 11-LOT residential subdi-
vision has been proposed for
the same 419 Keith Rd. site in
West Vancouver that
rejected as the location for an
extended) care facility for
seniors
neighborhood controversy.

WEST VANCOUVER
‘DISTRICT COUNCIL

By Maureen Curtis

At its July [0 meeting, West
Vancouver District Council agreed
to send the tatest proposal to various
advisory bodies for input.

The 4.75-acre site. located vast
.of Taylor Way and bounded on the
north and southeast by Brothers
Creek, was recently purchased by
Carrington Projects Ltd.

On Mondiy. Couns Pat Boname,

Was>

following a storm of

who fought the closure of debate on
the extended care proposal catty
this y

the issues that helped defeat the
setiors residence. Boname said the
choice of access to the site and the
development. on the fish-bearing
Brothers. Creek remain relevant
issues,

The residential proposal includes
access from Gordon Avenue, a short
dead-end street that runs off Keith
Road. Bui i would have been
dgeinst municipal poliey to provide
access to a higher density: facility,
such as a seniors residence. from s
small residential street. :

Access for the’ seuiors proposal
would have had to come off Keith
Road, creating more of a distur-

‘bance to Brothers Creck and draw-
“ing

the disupproval. of the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
(DFO).

“We never chad. the chanee ‘to
consider the access coming from
Gordon Avenue.” Boname said.

The DFO has examined the cur-
rent proposal and has outlined seve
eral stipulations:

@ revegetation of the existing drive-
way off Keith Road that is within
the fish-sensitive zone:

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retention of @ ravine:
BH municipal relaxation of building
setback regulations:
B further “approval of final design
drawings for the trail within: the
creek ravine:
@ construction of a permanent bar-
rier along the covenant boundary:
setback af dwellings a minimum
of five metres fram) the covenant
boundary:
@ submission of a sediment control
plan.

The miinicipality has its own

“resttictions concerning construction

near creeks. Maunicipal landscape
technician Karen Kristensen has
lodged her concerns about the siting
af several of the Tots,

Coun, Allan Williams noid that
the residential proposal includes the
owner's dedicating one acre at the
site’s north end to the municipality
as park.

“If we are to maintain trails and
park along the creek we should
know more about the burden we are
taking on.” said Williams,

Variances will be required to
allow for the development of lots
that vary in size. some being more
than 12.000 sq. ft. (LTS sq.m) and
others smatter than that minimus.

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