inquiring
reporter
Stephen Barringtor

10 - Wednesday, September 28, 1988 - North Shore News

THE BRITISH Columbia government employees went
back to work earlier this week after a strike that closed

provincial fiquor stores, courthouses and government of-
fices. Whiie independeniiy-owned beer and wine stores
did a booming business, many people were stymied when

re you glad strike is over?

they were caught without a host of government services.
Things are now back to normal, with the last bargaining
unit — still without a contract when the main union set-
fled — agreeing on a new contract in the early hours of
Tuesday. Inquiring Reporter asks about the strike.

Michel Berube

North Vancouver

Of course. I’m glad that
they got to the point and
are back at work. There
are too many Strikes these
days.

Kate Siddall

North Vancouver

I'm glad the strike is over
because it means
everything can resume. If
it snows in northern
B.C., people won't get

Sonya Muller

North Vancouver

It hasn’t made much of a
difference to me. I’m
glad it's over as those
who were affected can
continue with normal life.

Rosanne Skantz,
Kitchener, Ont.

{t didn’t affect me,
because I'm not inclined
to go to liquor stores. But
it’s good that they are not
on strike anymore.

Ron Shaw

North Vancouver

It was pretty short, but |

imagine it was an in--
convenience to a lot of

people. It didn’t really

affect me, though.

‘BULKY’ RESIDENCES

stranded.

W. Van housing study criticized

CRITICISM has been Jevelied at a consultant’s report on
housing bulk in West Vancouver.

Two letters sent to West Van-
couver District Council, one from
David Poskitt of Poskitt Design
and one from Thomas Wardell of
the West Vancouver Division of
the Real Estate Board, stated that
the report over-estimated the pro-
blem.

The housing bulk study was in-
spired by a general concern with
the increase of older homes in the
district being torn down and
replaced with large, bulky houses
that strain the building envelope
and codes.

A fear was expressed that West
Vancouver is losing affordable
housing for young families.

Designer Poskitt said the rec-
ommendations coming out of the
report were ‘‘simply not re-
quired.’’

“Changes in client demand,
changes in land value, building

By MAUREEN CURTIS

Contributing Writer

technology and architectural style
create new housing and obsolete
housing. This housing evolution
mixed with traditional property
rights shapes the changing
aesthetics of the community,”
wrote Poskitt.

Poskitt said West Vancouver's
Official Community Plan should
describe public guidelines and not
proscribe property rights such as
house design.

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Poskitt said the existing Floor
Area Ratio, one measure of the
size of the house in relation to the
lot size, is satisfactory. He also
said the height definition is good
because it encourages pitched roofs
and traditional design values.

Developing neighborhoods re-
quires ‘‘more innovative’ subdivi-
sion design and consistent design
approval standards,’’ Poskitt said.

Real Estate Board representative
Wardell, of Joy Realty, also ex-
plained the loss of the small older
houses as being a result of market
demand.

Young families do not want to
buy these kinds of houses, as they
are in search of homes with
amenities such as family rooms,
extia bathrooms and nanny

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quarters, he observed.

Older people, Wardell added,
are discouraged by having to cope
with the stairs and gardening re-
quirements of older houses.

The only people interested in the
properties are builders, who
replace the original structures with
new homes,

“If the market indicated a desire
for two-bedroom bungalows, the
builders would create them. How-
ever, the market is not for this type
of dwelling,’’ Wardell wrote.

Wardell said the Real Estate
Board was very supportive of the
municipality prohibiting ‘‘clear
cutting’’ of trees in future
developments, as this destroys the
appearance and ambiance of West
Vancouver.

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