A10 - Friday, August 10, 1984 - North Shore News FEE INCREASES Taylor raps city over amendments NORTH VANCOUVER City council’s planning and policy committee has approved amendments to a development fee bylaw that Ald. Dana Taylor says ‘‘dumps on the small developer.’’ MARK MILT’ | Taylor made the com- ments Tuesday after he fail. ed to win support of other city aldermen for changes to the staff-proposed amend ments, which raise the fee developers must pay when they make appheation for permission to develop “les disgraceful,’ = said Taylor ‘‘What this commit tee has just) approved is totally inequitable "’ Taylor was upset by the defeat, by a $1 margin, of his proposed amendment that would have introduced a graduated fee structure for small-site developers “‘This bylaw will cause the small developer of three and four townhouses (to carry a disproportionate share of a general increase in fees while giving a substantial break to the big developers,’’ Taylor said Taylor charged that the net effect of the amendments > DANA TAYLOR would be that the develope: of a 5,00) square foot burlding on one lot) would pay the same in development fees as the developer of a $0,000) square foot) building on a lot three times as large The changes to the development fee bylaw were recommended by municipal staff in an cffort to shift the cost of processing develop- ment applicants from the general taxpayer to the ap- plicant. ‘There is no doubt that the planning department devotes a major part of its tume to the processing of development applications in several forms,’’ said a staff report accompanying the proposed changes. ‘‘it) has for some time been a con- cern that applicants for development review and ap- proval do not adequately compensate the city for staff time spent on their review or approval process "" Figures supphed with the report show the city col lected $8,946.65 in rezoning, strata and family suite fees in 1983 while a conservative estimate of the cost of city time spent in dealing with those applications 1s $38, 1K1 20 Taylor says he argument with the reasons for the changes calling ut “commendable and a sound business practice’ “But the goal will be ac comphshed im the backs of those with a marginal ability to absorb the cost has no Federal funds for apartments N. Van FIFTY RENTAL units wall be added to the North Van couver apartment scenc, fi nanced partly by the Cana dian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (MHC Canada Rental Supply Plan (CRSP) funding for two separate projects was announced this week Under CRSP, designed to cncourage apartment suction in areas with low vacancy rates, successful ap pheants recetve a second mortgage funding ato no in terest for the first 1S years «( Mitic is Providing $546,000 in OC RSP con funds to Buron Housing and Con struction of Vancouver fora Wunet $29 milhon apart ment project on Ross Road near bt ynon Valley Road antbd $294,000 to Ingrid tnicksoo Developments for a $1 5 mil hon, 21) udit apartment pro yectin the 800 block of West loth Strect NEWS photo Stuart Davis THE ICEMAN may com- eth but he won't be delivering much when the weather is hot. 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