4- Friday, September 16, 1994 - North Shore News

West Van allows

security

ALARM COMPANY signs will
continue to sprout up on West
Vancouver properties following a
West Vancouver District Council
decision Monday.

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Maureen Curtis

Coun. Andy Danyliu made the
motion to allow existing security
system signs to remain, but to
restrict them in future to certain
dimensions and colors.

Council had viewed the signs as
a possible infraction of the munici-

_ pal sign bylaw.

Earlier this year alarm system
owners told council that part of the
value of security system was in the
deterrent effect of a posted sign.

Council has since looked ir,
making the signs a permitted use of
the bylaw, but requiring a generic
format.

The move is an attempt to pre-
vent the proliferation of large and
unsightly signs.

Council also objected to the
signs as convenient advertising for
the various companies and the pos-
sible vulnerability faced by resi-
dents who don’t have signs to ward

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But there were also objections
to the notion of a generic sign.

“Most people purchase a securi-
ty system based on the reputation
of the alarm company,” said ADT
Knills representative Roy
McGuire, on Monday.

His company agrees with
restricting the size of tne signs and

Lions Gate
sidewalks
to be fixed

WORK TO replace 57 sidewaik

panels and nine support stringers

on the Lions Gate Bridge will
. begin soon. ;

The announcement was made
recently by Transportation and
Highways Minister Jackie Pement
and North Vancouver-Lonsdale
MLA David Schreck.

Rust in the steel beneath the
concrete surface of the sidewalk
has caused the panels to warp and
lift out of alignment. Once this pro-
ject is complete, half of the 344
panels will have been replaced.
Others require replacement in the
next few years.

“This work is part of the min-
istry’s commitment to keep the
Lions Gate Bridge in a good state
of repair until a decision is made
on its future,” said Pernent.

“These repairs will be wel-
comed by the many cyclists and
pedestrians who use the Lions Gate
Bridge,” said Schreck. “The new
sidewalk panels will greatly
improve safety.”

The panels will be replaced this
fall with temporary fill placed
between them. Permanent finishing
of the gaps between the panels
requires warm weather and will be
completed by June 1995.

Project work will be done at
night to minimize inconvenience to
the travelling public. During con-
struction times. bridge traffic will
be limited to single lane traffic in
both directions.

Pro Steel Erectors Ltd. of Delta
submitted the lowest of three ten-
ders and has been awarded a

signage

not allowing day-glo colors.

McGuire pointed out that with
eight break-ins per 1,000 residents
in 1993, West Vancouver is one of
the safest communities in the
province to live in.

Research has shown that
installing an alarm system is sec-
ond only to buying a dog as a
deterrent to burglars, McGuire
noted.

The bylaw passed despite the
objecting votes of councillors
Alian Williams and Rod Day.

Williams described how the
development of West Vancouver's
sign bylaw has eliminated large
billboards, flashing neon lights and
large gas station signs.

Day said that the bylaw amend-
ment merely legalizes the present
situation. He was concerned about
the number of false alarms that
occur (about 3,000 last year).

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