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Page 4, April 25,1979 - North Shore News

LAZING AROUND IN THE SHADE, this group of youngsters takes full advantage of
‘the concrete pipes set up as part of their play area at Queen Mary's School. And they

show that when necessary the ‘Pipes will hold quite a few shelter seeking students.
. (Terry Peters photo)

Protect residents’ views

FROM PAGE 1

As with most {proposed
developments . i West
Vancouver, there' was the
cry for undeveloped land to
remain in a parklike state.

More specific objections
to the proposal to build eight
townhouses on the site
alongside Lawson Creek
were complaints about
proposed fireplace chimneys
which could blow smoke
toward other residences and
the designation of

“townhouses” for a project
in which units interlock from
basement to third storey
level.

Area residents claimed
townhouses are two storeys
high. In the C.J. Oliver

‘project the basement level

contains parking and the
bedroom of one unit. The
first floor includes the living
room and kitchen of that
unit as well as the bedroom
of another unit, and so on up
to the third storey.

Most of the objections to
the project came from
residents of a highrise ad-
jacent to the lot.

The developers tried to
appease the objectors with

the argument that an eight-
unit complex gives a density
of 26 ns per acre while
those persons coniplaining
about thi development are
living in highrises developed
to the maximum density of
106 pérsons per acre.

The proposed project is to
be built right to the lot line
of the adjacent property of

1750 Esquimalt and has a 25-
feet setback: -from. Lawson
Creek.

A landscaped courtyard is
designed to fit t along the lot
line.

The municipality's
director of development, Dr.
Bob Collier, said a higher
building could be built on
the site if allowances were
made for protection of
creck. a

The setback from tht
creek, which some people
claim is mostly for the
benefit of future tenants of
the proposed townhouses,
was done in part to keep the
creck in as natural condition
as possible, the director of
development said.

There were, nevertheless,
some supporters of the

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project who commented on

“excellence of design” and

the right of landowners to
develop their land.

Edward and Sophie Meg
Caughlin of 1747 Duchess
Place wrote to council: “If
this land was set aside for
multiple family dwellings let
these buildings be built.

“Don't try to convert it to
another piece of parkland’
which West Vancouver
already has more than the
residents canuse. Why
should we pay taxes and
maintenance costs for this
type of usage?

“At present one walks
through this property only
with great care due to its
present | use as a pet
restroom. How will this be
changed if them unicipality

‘retains it as another park?”

Margaret Robinson, who
lives in a nearby highrise,
appeared, however, to speak
for many when she said
council is obligated to
preserve the quality of life of
present residents and should
try and save their views,
whether those views be of
walter, mountains, or just a
bit of land,

Sailing and learning

FROM PAGE 2

that it| wasn't isafe, and |
wondered if it' would float,
and if it did float haw long
would it float) for? For-
tunately it floated for about
four minutes, which was
long enough for us to turn
back and recover it. “Well,
there's one good thing about

those man overboard drills,”
said Kim, “ll bet you that if
we hadn't practiced them we
wouldn't have been in time
to rescue that pole.”

Vve fearned a tot about
boating over the years, some
of it from reading, some of tt
from talking to other
boaters, and a lot from
experience. I'm sharing this

hutle tale with you in the
hopes that you may benefit
from our mistakes. Perhaps
in this way IT can repay some
of the many fellow boating
enthusiasts who, over the
years, have let down their
hair find their defences and
told me of some of the things
they have done. It's better to
find out second-hand!

hn P
cs;

crime.

A 26-year-old North
‘Vancouver’ man was at-.
tacked and strt ck on the
head by -the = driver of a
vehicle’ with which the
victim’s car had made
contact while in a parking
lot. He suffered a mild

concussion and was awarded |

$1,028 under the B.C.
Criminal Injuries Com-
pensation Act.

This was just oné of the
many, cases awarded

compensation under the act,

which is ‘administered by the
“Workers Compensation
Board of B.C. on behalf | f
the attofney-general.

;
Since the act came into

effect in 1972 a total of
$5,471,243 has been paid out
in limp sums and periodic
; awards to victims of. violent

In its seventh annual
report, the Warkers’
Compensation Board
dicates that of 683 ap-
plications received last year,
451 resulted in payment of
$1,109,167, and a further
$222,399 was paid in

in- .

_periodi awards,

years - for a total of

$1,331,566:

One hundred forty-nine
applicants did rot qualify for
benefits...and their ap-
plications were disallowed.
The remaining applications
were either withdrawn or
carried forward into 1979.

, The maximum payment in

respect of injury or death of

a crime victim is $15,000,
but this: may be sup-
plemented by a periodic
award within the limits-of the
Act.
i
‘Vancouver

had
--262.

Those from other major
centres included Surrey (29),
Burnaby . (22), New West-

minster (25), Victoria (37),
Prince George (31), North -
Vancouver (25) and
Kamloops (15).

Applications came from
102 centres throughout
British Columbia.

|LOSE WEIGHT

with the help

including
“those granted in previous.

the
highest number of applicants

Awards were granted in
217 cases of assault.

Seventy awards ‘involved
robbery; 24 attempted
murder “and 24. murder.
There were’ 22 rapes and a
further bau involved _ in-
- decent assault on a female.

: The act provides com-
‘i pensation where a person is
injured or killed as the‘result
of any of! .44 criminal of-
fences, during the lawful
arrest or attempt to arrest an
offender or suspected of-
fender, or while assisting a
peace officer in making or

attempting to make an
arrest.
Compensation is. also

provided! where a person.
attempts | to prevent the:
commission of a crimé or
assists a police officer by
| such action..

Application forms . are

available ¢o claimants at all

Workers’ Compensation
Board Offices in B.C.

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