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By Jolanda Waskito
Contributing Writer

DON’T block the view.

The plea was made at a
public hearing at North
Vancouver City Hall Monday

- regarding two Proposed devel-

opments whose buildings
would block views to. the

i waterfront.

> Two councillors, John
Braithwaite and "Barbara

Perrault, agreed with the con-

§ cern and voted against the sec-

_-.ond and third readings of the

> ~-bylaw-amendments to one: of
y the developments.

Despite the opposition, the
second and third readings

Developers :
Developmerit Corp:,-and_ Van

 build.: nihe . three-bedroom :

townhouses _on two lots on

. The - lots are zoned for .
“duplexes, but tie developers
“want: the zoning changed’ to
“allow for townhouses.

At the public hearing, one

“woman — who lives in the

McNair townhouses facing the

water —, said her view would ,
‘ be blocked by,’ the devel

ment. She- asked that. the

buildings be no more than six.

metres (19.7 ft.) or that the

-.  f00f line be adjusted to main-
_ tain her view and the views of
nei bors she

“has an. Bdemeuc-high. (27.5

resented:

roposed development ;

ft.) peaked roof. The miaxi-
height at cur-
rent . zoning’ is :nine “metres

(29.5 tt.), while the proposed.
would.

“allow: a_height of 7.5 metres
(2: 4.6 ft) for .view-sensitive

townhouse. zoning

areas.T s The McNair building is
9.1 metres (30 ft.) high.

Coun. Stella Jo Dean said
she “reluctantly” supported
the pa ae because if single-

homes were put in, the
maximum height allowed
would be 30 fect.

“I prefer roof projections
of three feet instead of a flat,
tar roof — they’re not aesthet-
ically pleasing,” Dean said. “I
sympathize with people who
are getting their views
blocked, but they’re blocking
views of the people behind
them.”

Perrault, voting against the

AMA motion, said she is concerned

with the ever-increasing popu-

: lation of the city.

*T'm...votin| against the’
zoning bylaw Beonuse: I I. feel
nine units is too many “tints,”

Zommunity Plan we project a a
population num bering 45,000
to 46,000. We are cady at
42. 000. Why. do ‘we. always
allow the maximum densiry?”
Braithwaite’ agreed .. with.
Perrault and also voted against:
the motion.
“I don’t agree in increasing
density,” Braithwaite: said. : “I

gaing to be less affordable,”
Mayor Jack Loucks said. “We
have to have affordable hous-
ing. We’d be making it diffi-
cult for people with lower
incomes to live in the city.”

The other development
proposal — a. 55-unit 13-
storey apartment building at
133 West 15th St. — was
approved by council for its ini-
tial stages = Council unani-
mously passed second and
third readings of amendments
to the zoning byla

Shayne D op, "who lives
in’ an apartment’ buildin:
1555 Eastern Ave.,” sai
was too high and may block
his view.

thought the ae building

The. proposed
would be 40.7: metres (133:5
ft.) hi
(14.7 &.) hi
on the roof.

elevator room
The. maxiny

allowable height in the current.”

zoning allows for buildings
be 36 rretres (118 iD aa ;

Sid he’
* City P Gary Penway sai
the Sovercign at'1555.
is 44.7 metres (146.6 ft.) high.

Two other area residents at. ~

the public hearing ‘also’ spoki
about , concerns: with | popula
tion density ad «

can show you designs that are.
in _keeping’ with | the dupiex :

zoning.”.

“But the mayor had no hesi-.

tations ‘about voting for the
development. *. ~:":

He said that maintaining
duplex’ zoning: meant bigger,
more" expensive | units . com
pared ¥ with smaller-unit town- .

“If we want to have less.
units, pen, Pager ans are,

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