40 - Sunday, February 17, 1991 - North Shore News

Rogers development could change Bowen

THE ROGERS family continues to push ahead with plans
to develop a giant tract of land on Bowen Island.

The 325-hectare, $120-million
development on Cowan Point is
slated to include a marina, an
18-hole golf course, a 125-bed
lodge, a fast ferry service to Van-
couver, commercial facilities and
350 residential lots.

According to Joe Rogers, who
is heading up the project for the
family, the current proposal will
be good for Bowen Island.

The original plan was revised
after the Rogers family listened to
the concerns of local residents and
made, what they call, major
changes to the original proposal
presented in 1989.

Some of those changes included
reducing the number of  single-
family lots from 383 to 350,
doubling the size of the smallest
residential lots to one acre, reduc-
ing the number of guest units in
the ledge from 200 to 125 and
restricting the number of building
permits for single family homes to
60 per year on the site.

But many residents remain un-
convinced that the development
will not change the rural nature of
Bowen Island.

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By Barry Forward
Contributing Writer

Resident Jean) Jamieson said,
“The present proposal would
change the lifestyle on Bowen rad-
ically and mean the centre of
commercial activity would begin
to shift away from Snug Cove."*

That, she said, is something
many Bowen Islanders would have
a hard time coming to terms with.

For the Cowan Point develop-
ment to proceed the Rogers will
have to convince members of the
Islands Trust, which is the land-
use authority on Bowen Island, to
make several zoning changes that
would enable them to increase
densities on the site and build
some of the amenities they are
proposing, such as the golf course
and guest lodge.

The changes are required
because many aspects of the de-
velopment run contrary to Bowen
[sland’s Official Community Plan.

But, Joe Rogers remains deter-
mined.

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Bowen Island for 96 vears and we
only intend to bring a good de-
velopment to the island,”’ he said.
“Our intent is not to change the
island overnight, we've been here
too long to see that happen.”*

The proposal is now in the
hands of the Islands Trust, which
hired a planning consultant to
review the revised development
and determine just how far it

deviated from the Official Com-
munity Plan.

The next step is for the consul-
amend-

tant to draft the bylaw

ments and present them to the
trustees for first reading, which
will take place in the next few
weeks. At thar point) a public
hearing will be scheduled to give
members of the public an eppor-
tunity to respond to the develop-
ment.

“ALL that most Bowen residents
know about this development is
that at is) big.” said Jamieson.
“And most are concerned about
what the project will mean to their
current lifestyles.”

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