4 — Sunday, August 15, 1999 — North Shore News p puren Brady Fotheringham Connihuting Writer THE Versatile Shipyards area on the North Vancouver waterfront may be revived if the 366-foot HMCS Annapolis destroyer is brought from Halifax this winter. Pending final purchasing negotiations with the Department of Defence, the HMCS Annapolis, will be com- ing home to B.C. Bringing the decommissioned ship to North Vancouver is part of a project conceived by the Artificial Reet? Society of B.C. (ARSBC). The group would fike ro make the ship a tourist attraction and put it to use by che Elm industry. The ARSBC is working with the HMCS Annapolis Society, headed by Bavid Shirlaw. The Annapolis was the and final mass-produced Liberty cargo ship of the postwar con- struction program. The ship was the most modern in the Canadian Pacific fleet. Built at Halifax Shipyards 35 years ago, the Annapolis served in Esquimalt and was decommis- sioned in 1996. North Vancouver City is looking at rezoning the dock area at the foor of Chesterfield and west of Lonsdale over the next two years according to city planner Richard White. Robin Inglis, director of the Noi:h Vancouver Museum and Archives, said the addition of the Annapolis could make for an interesting attraction if the redevelop- ment of the Versatile waterfront goes as planned. “(The Annapolis) wilf act as a base for the artificial reef society and will con- tnbute to the cridval mass of the water- front,” Inglis said. Jay Straith is president of the ARSBC. His group radinonally sinks ofd warships for use as diving platforms. He said his organization plans to outfit the ship over the winter in its new North Vancouver home. NEWS photo Julie Iverson COMING home to a B.C. berth, the Second World War escort destroyer HMCS Annapolis (inset), could be docked at North Vancouver's waterfront te liven up the Versatile Shipyard area. David Shirlaw is spearheading the project. The Annapolis was originally expected to remain in service until about 2001. Due to crew shortages it was placed in reserve in Esquimaft until the fall of 1996. Over the past nine years the ARSBC has created five diving sites utilizing old ships including the GB Churels, HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS MacKensic, HMCS = Columbian ~— and AMCS Saskatchewan, The group is currently working on preparing the HMCS Cape Breton for sinking as a reef. Climb promoted OPPOSITION leader Gordon Campbell was in North Vancouver Tuesday, but he wasn’t looking for people to support his B.C. Liberal party. He was at the Edge climbing centre to promote a charity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. 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We will cover topics such as Health, ost of Living, Working, Safety, Legal & Real Estate, Taxes and more. COMPLIMENTS RY PRESENTATIONS North Vancouver: : Aug. t7 & 19th Time: 4 p.m.or 7 p.m “@- Lonsdale Qua Hotel. FOC U S o 123 Carrie Cater Court N.V¥aa. ON MEXICO This is NOT time share related R.S.V.P. Toll Free 1- 800-213-7563 Visit our web site: www.focusonmexico.com pe Hearings are scheduled to provide ‘ & an opportunity for Courcil to hear from those who believe their interest in property may be affected by changes to these Bylaws, as outlined at right. _ Tuesday, August 24, 1999 "7:00 pam; Council Chamber, |. 355'W. Queens Rd. -’ North Vancouver “hese Public Hearings are held-under the provisions of the Municipal Act. All persons who believe their interest in property may be affected by the above proposal will be afforded an opportunity _to be heard in person and/or by written _. submission. Written submissions will be accepted up to the conclusion of the - Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 24, © 1999.-§ cot opies. of the Bylaws, resolutions, _. A-Ssupporting staff reports and any relevant background material are available for review _ from August 11, 1999 through August 24, 1999 in the District of North Vancouver's . Clerk's. Office or. Community Planning Division at the Municipal Hall. |The Municipal Hall is located at 355 West Queens Road and is open Monday through Friday, except Statutory Holidays between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Agnes Hilsen, Acting Municipal Clerk Accessory Uses - Park, Recreation and Open Space Zone Bylaw 7098 - "Rezoning Bylaw 1118 Applicant The Corporation of the District of North Vancouver Subject Land All lands in the District of North Vancouver zoned Park, Recreation and Open Space (PRO) Proposed Amendment: To amend the text of the PRO Zene to specify’ permitted accessory uses. Soe Purpose: . To clarify which land uses are allowed as accessory | uses to the principal uses in the PRO Zone. This Bylaw’ replaces Bylaw 7082 which was the subject of a Public ~. Hearing on May 18, 1999. ps Beverage Container Return Centres Pec Care Establishments Bylaw 7075 - “Rezoning Bylaw § 110" Applicant The Corporation of the District of North Vancouver SubjectLands All property in the District of North Vancouver that is — . zoned General Commercial Zones 2, 3, and 3A (C2, C3 and C3A), General Commercial Business Zone (C8) and General Industrial Zone (12) Proposed Text Amendments: The proposed amendments include: a) the establishment of a definition for ‘beverage container return centre’; b) the inclusion of ‘beverage container return centres’ as a principal use in the General Commercial Zones 2, 3, and 3A (C2, C3, and C3A), the Commercial Business Zone (C8), and the General Industrial Zone (12); c) the inclusion of 'beverage container return centres’ when accessory to a retail food store or liquor store in the C2, C3, and C3A Zones; d) the establishment of regulations on the size an operation of beverage container return centrés;. e) the establishment of parking requirements for-~ beverage container return centres. |” : A housekeeping amendment to the C3A Zone is als proposed to allow pet care establishments as.a_*: permitted use. (Earlier this year Council adopted Bylaw 7047. which added pet care establishments permitted uses in the commercial and industrial zones that currently permit veterinary. clinics or veterinary: -_~ hospitais, Since the new C3A Zone.was created after.’ this use was added, a housekeeping amendment is required.) mo Lots Purpose: To: Ce 1. accommodate the Provincial Government's expanded beverage container deposit/refund programme; and also to. . : wees 2. allow pet care establishments as a permitted use‘in © C3A Zone. a me