lorth NVC puts 28 buildings on heritage short list. Naming properties will free up others TWENTY-EIGHT old buildings in North Van-, couver City (NVC) are part of a recently released list of heritage structures that may never have a date with a wrecker’s ball. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter The list consists of ‘“‘signifi- cant’’ heritage buildings that could receive involuntary designation according to the provincial Heritage Conservation Act. NVC Heritage Advisory Com- mittee chairman Gary Penway said the list was compiled to let heritage building owners know which properties NVC was keenly interested in preserving. ‘ “It really was a way of freeing up the other buildings,’’ said Penway. “NVC. sent heritage building owners letters on Sept..7 contain- ing the list and a City Heritage Program update. ‘Penway said being on the jist does: not mean a. building will receive’ involuntary designation “(the heritage designation doesn’t have the support owner), . . : A municipality could legally tefuse to issue a demolition permit for a building. that has received involuntary heritage designation despite the wishes of the struc- ture’s owner. . Said Penway, -‘‘It’s ‘my hope that we don’t ever have to proceed with an involuntary designation.”’ He said the municipality does not have a history of heavy- handedness concerning heritage homes. “The sledgehammer is pretty much in cold storage,’’. said Pen- way, who is also a NVC planner. ' He said the provincia! govern- ment is expected to introduce new of the building's: legislation concerning heritage designation. The legislation is expected to clarify compensation when a property loses value after being designated a heritage site. Penway said iizre are approxi- mately 117 buildings in the primary and secondary heritage inventory and 135 buildings cur- rently in the supplemental heritage inventory. Buildings become part of the heritage inventory, he said, because of their history, architec- ture and the events at the location. He said building owners are often ‘‘bonused’’ for retaining heritage buildings or heritage facades in new developments. Bonusing may include permit- ting more construction to occur on the property than is normally allowed. “It's not our intention to make people unhappy about the status of their building,’’ said Penway. Among the 28 heritage buildings on the list is Dundarave Block, 1601-1607 Lonsdale Ave. A Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce proposal to demolish the structure to make way for a banking tower is currently before NVC council. Also included on the heritage list are Queen Mary, Ridgeway and Lonsdale elementary schools. All three schools have no structural safeguards in relation to earthquakes. But North Vancouver District 44 school superintendent Robin Brayne said plans were under way now to get the buildings up to code. . Brayne expects the work to start as early as next year. . He said each school would take _' an estimated three to six months to ‘‘retro fit’? for seismic protec- tion. . “it’s the closest thing to not feasible,’ said Brayne about fix- ing the buildings. ‘Brayne said students attending the school will have to move out of classrooms during the con- struction work. He said students may be moved to another facility, go on a shift rotation or take classes in por- tables at the various schools, The first school slated for up- dating is Lonsdale elementary, 2151 Lonsdale Ave.; followed by Queen Mary, 230 West Keith Rd.; and then Ridgeway, 420 East Eighth St. Other heritage buildings on the list of potential involuntary desig- nated heritage structures are: © former Versatile Pacific Ship- yards (109-116 West Esplanade); WASHER @ First Church of Christ Scientist (185 East Keith Rd.); ® Bank of Hamilton (92 Lonsdale Ave.); @ St. Andrews United Church (1044 St. Georges Ave.); @ Sisters of St. Paul School (524 West Sixth Ave.) Also included on the heritage list is the old North Vancouver General Hospital, 230 East 13th Si., which is slated for demolition in future Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) expansion plans. HEAVY DUTY WASHERS LGH president Bob Smith said the likelikood of hospital expan- sion was now close to nil. 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