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Quay hotel’s Waterfront
Bistro to be reborn

The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
Ebamer@usnews.com

A protracted battle
over a pub rezoning
application in
Dundarave came to
an end on Monday

night.

“T tried my best," said
Dundarave Cafe owner John
Wiechold. His attempts to
create a neighbourhood pub
were foiled by irate area resi-
dents. “I'm very dis i
ed,” he said.

Wiechold
continue to operate h
ness as a restaurant.

Following the continuance
of last week's public hearing,
in) which pro-pub speakers
were outnumbered by those
who felt a rezoning would
attract “drug dealers and for-
cigners from North

busi-

councillors swiftly supported

See WV pane 3

Fire fighter

TOWNHOUSE complex manager Gerry St. Laurent stands by a couch that was on fire in a unit on Friday. St. Laurent exting:
tire with a garden hose and is credited with preventing a potentially large Seymour-area residential blaze. See story on page 3.

Church exp

Jan-Christian Sorensen
Contributing Writer

IT’S back to the drawing board for mem-
bers of the North Shore Alliance Church.

North Vancouver City council voted Monday night to reject
the congregation’s appli
ity and build a p:

* The church had initially approached council two years ago with
plans for a 74,100 sq. ft. (6,884 sq. m) addition to its existing
structure but neighbours were concerned what sort of an impact
the expansion would have on trafic, parking and recreation facili-
ties in the ar

Following a public meeting held fast October in which many
residents voiced their opposition to the proposal, council recom-

NV City council rejects Allian
Church’s bid for private schocl

mended that the church eliminate the school from its plans and
reduce the gross floor area of the development by 20,000 sq.
(1,858 sq. m).

However, church representa’
council Monday night and said that such a
acceptable.

“We have tumed this thing inside out and the drive, the need
has not changed,” he said.

He asked council for specific guidance as to what course of
action the 1,200-member congregation should pursue.

Coun John Braithwaite immediately went on the offensive and

¢ Verne Glover appeared before
Thon Was not

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told Glover that he had nor been listening to either council or the
surrounding community.

“You indicated that you would like council to give you clear
direction as to which way to go. Did you not think that council
had nor done that or chat the community had not already done
that?” said Braithwaite.

Coun. Braithwaite then put forth the motion to reject the
application and scolded Glover for being too “inflexible and
dogged in his pursuit” of the expansion.

Coun. Barbara Perrault agre:

“There's been a lack of flexibility,” she said. “You have to have
4 goal and focus, yes, but you also have to have sensitivity to those
around vou in the community.

She maintained dat she was rejecting the proposal because of

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