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City
gives
on new

zoning
restrictions

NORTH Vancouver City
Council has made an excep-
tion to a proposed zoning
amendment bylaw to help a
business caught in a ‘‘Catch
22” situation in lower First
Street.

By JANE ODDY

Council was told Monday
that the owners of Central
Auto Parts were ‘‘in limbo”
following council’s decision
to change the zoning from
special to light industrial be-
tween Hanes and Bewicke
Avenues.

The company was in the
process of relocating - its
business to a building pro-
posed by Brian O’Sullivan in
the 800 Block West Ist
Street.

*“We contacted him last
spring when he was
negotiating a deal. with the
property and we decided to
go for a joint venture with
him,’’ said Pat Dye of Cen-
tral Auto Parts.

But the city delayed issu-
ing O'Sullivan a_ building
permit due to council con-
sidering a rezoning.

“Previously the land was
zoned as special industrial
which was perfect for us as
we are wholesalers dealing
with a maximum retail of 20
per cent,’’ Dye said.

SIX-MONTH WAIT

The hold on the rezoning
has meant a six-month wait
for the business.

““We're anxiously
awaiting the result of the
rezoning as Mr, O'Sullivan
can’t build his property
without our participation,
and we can’t participate
under the present uses
allowed in the matrix,’’ Dye
said,

Dye told council that 95

per cent of her business was .

wholesale delivery, which
would generate little traffic.

Council agreed after
debate that it would make an
exception in the amendment
for Central Auto Parts to
have retail included as an
accessory use to its wholesale
and warehousing.

DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

City staff felt that permit-
ting an accessory retail use in
conjunction with wholesale
would set ‘“‘a dangerous
precedent.’’

Ald. John Braithwaite
said: ‘‘We are policy makers
and we should not have an
exception for one autoparts
firm and no one else.””

Ald. Rod Clark com-
mented: ‘It’s a compromise
but there’s no problem sup-
porting an entrepreneur con-
tinuing in business.”

Expressing her opposition
to the rezoning, Ald. Stella
Jo Dean said: ‘Instead of
making life easier for people
in business, we're making
life harder —.a matrix of
uses gives them another
headache.’’

Council gave the rezoning
bylaw its final reading last
week, but staff recommend-
ed changes to the matrix.

The new amendments will
go through a new bylaw
amendment procedure which
includes another public hear-
ing on November 4

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