“don't design,. landscaping, pedestri- - Height at issue in WV project Deana Lancaster News Reporter dlancaster@nsnews.com RESIDENTS accusing, council of “spot rezon- ing” have jumped the gun, say municipal councillors. Suggested amendments to the Offeial Community Plan _and the zoning bylaw to allow a residential, retai! and med- ical development proposed for _ the corner of 17th and Marine ~ Drive have nor yet reached the public consultation stage. “. “Every property owner is entitled to apply for rezon- ing,” said Coun. Allan Williams at the Oct. 23 coun- cil. meeting -in- response to recent complaints that the project is a “done deal.” “If we approve it for the next step it does not mean we are approving the bylaw.” Neighbours of the project — in- both The Tides of Ambleside and = Hollyburn Manor — have been voicing their “concerns since the spring, when — Truscan Property . Corporation first submitted. its proposal for redeveloping, the medical cen- tre to council. ~. In order to house all three - uses, the proposed building will be taller than others in the area: Though only three storeys at any one point, the building is technically’ called four stories because the prop- _ erty is steeply sloped.. . © The OCP and current C-2 zoning allow. buildings to be two storeys tall, or three under various special circumstances, and therefore. both must be amended to allow the non- " sconforming project. More importantly, the cre-- : vation of. anew. site-specific zone, called C-6, is intended : to hold Truscan to its intent to build a medical. centre at the site: Under the current zon- '. ing, the project can be any mix - of commercial and residential. As well as concerns about - the height, those opposing the project complained about the view impacts. and the massing of the “building. “Many also like the” proposed “can. aceess,. parking, traffic impacts, and that : doesn’t ..fit into - Ambleside’s village character. : os. At tomorrow evening” 's ~"meeting, council will: decide whether to go to the next step - in the Process: public consul- tation: ee ees _ houses and walkin _ their property. That has been -blamed for a recent robbery ie project Oe caderientntaiaieatatateecien We Marcie Good News Reporter uiqood@nsuews.com A damaged public wharf in Woodlands has become a sounding board for residents” complaints about the many visitors to their community. In August 2000, the tleat at the end of the North Vancouver Districet-owned dock was splintered when it was hit by a charter vessel. The operator accepted liabili- tv and offered to pay for the damages. Buc ata meeting on Wednesday night to discuss options tor repairing the 74- metre-long dock, the topic switched quickly to concerns about parking, garbage and noise caused by the large number of people who come to the wharf “There are more than 40 people sometimes on the dock in’ the summer,” said one resident. “They fish ille- gally, they cook their catch, they produce excrement, they leave their garbage — thev're a disturbance to the commu- nity.” While the dock was origi- nally built to serve residents of the isolated community with supplies and water taxis, now, several noted, “98 per cent” of the people who use it are from elsewhere. For neighbours of the dock, that means a regular stream of “strangers” peering into their across at a home near the dock. Because there is no park- : ing area, cars often block the driveways of residents.’ One woman voiced her fears about having to drive her asthmatic child to the hospital and find- ing a vehicle blocking her way. The narrow, winding road leading to the ‘small commu- nity is also a concern, because a two-kilometre stretch is only wide enough for one car. But because a four-metre section of the dock extends ~ beyond the water lot lease the district’ holds. from the Vancouver Port Corporation, the dock will have to be reconfigured within the legal boundary when it is repaired. Chris Allen, who uses the dock for launching his kayak, said the district should restore the dock to its original size. a’ Y 1. if + OPLRT MON AAT $f Aute Yo X, _ Lonipesitars coupons ate! Svorttr pul re agree’ _ WRITE E NOW © AA. CODE .._ Selt-suffi iciency ‘through literacy i in the developing world For informa, all,1- S00 eeh 2693. ; The Great Canadian @i_ CHANGE $ar OFF petro conada tow30 Plus taxes and envira fees. ata lehicibicac ‘Reg $2899 Lonsdale & 13th, N. 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