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NEWS photo Terry Peters

wants a permit to expand the number of possible uses at the former shipyard. The site is popular with the TV and film industry.

Operator seeks city approval
to bring retaii, art, festivals
to abandoned shipyard site

By lan Noble

News Reporter

VERSATILE site operator Alain Dubreuil
has big plans for the mothballed ship-
building site at the foot of Lonsdale
Avenue,

He has a temporary use permit before North Vancontes
City Coune thar would alow uses sucte as busitess ind pro
fessional offices. cetarl outlets, an art gallery imisenmy, dtnce
studio, festivals and conference fedines

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But those fotiy plans are brought quickly back to earth bs
the thet that the site doesn’t have the required electrical or tire
Prevention: svstcms

And to bring those pyocup to code tor the site would cost
hhindreds af thousands, Dubreuil sand

“— tsa whole bunch of red tape. Ee makes ib quite sempli
eated,” he suid, addins thar che ci has been belpful

The application goes to a public hearing Monday myght at
North Vancouver City halt,

Dubreud said he made stig han extensive application bee ae
he wamed ta cover albihe bases with one applicction, tastesd ot
having to go through the process again for each new use,

He sad he onginaly applied tor the temporiuy use perme
in December 1995

Dubrend expects the thm iidustry will conmnie to use thie
site for production. He added. however, that he hopes produc
fiom. which usgally have ther own pawer generitors, will ise
Vorsatiie for them production otfices, whieh are nermally apo
si toerght months of the vear That tis ia weil with the tens
porns nature of Dirbreiils apply con

Local weddings,
anniversaries
and engagements

Dubrenil’s compan. bas been pertorming demolitian and
savage at Versanie, removing pollutints, stubtizing the site and
takin care of film productions using the ate, Productions alse
pertorin Work that upynides the vacant stapvard,

Tic also wants the temporary perrat, which chides aecam
rnedation for security stall to dissuade vandals trom breaking,
ite the site

A ity statt Peport Appears te put A Posies spi an
Doprenls applaiten The reportootes thant wll cake at feast
mvosears for chanics toresul frame S200 000 stads into the
jong tet future ofthe vite That study ss tw under wat

Currentiv, die seas zencd ME 2 Genera Industrial, permit
fyoonh industrial uses One as dling

Dubreaidl’s temporary ase pert could crease the possible
uses on tie sombre site and nuke at mare aetve “and better
comnected wath the commerchil nature of Poser Donsdide fo
the west and nerth ”

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