- Bellevue Avenue structure to be overhauled

. WEST VANCOUVER District
~ Council decided ‘July ‘17 to pay
~ for’a-controversial ‘rock wall at
‘.2848 Bellevue Ave. to be reduced | -
‘in height'in some sections and °
removed entirely i in others. :

WEST VANCOUVER
‘DISTRICT COUNCIL —
By Maureen Curtis. -

‘People inthe neighborhood are
expecting the-wall to'come down,” :
said Coun. Pat Boname, who origi-
nally argued for simple. removal.

“The “wall “encroaches on’ public
land and ‘obscures. the “view © of ©.
Rodgers Creek from Bellevue.

in‘avJuly (13, report, director of
“operations Barry Lambert suggested -
that a‘ 12-foot (3.6m) “cut-out” be
created’ inthe: wall by. bringing it’
wn to 2’ 6" G 79 m) in one section.

a “owner .. Graham

acMillan had agreed to Lambert's
ution: and was willing to pay fora

he. planned between his property
line. and the roadway will obscure
some of the sightlines to the creek
anyway,

“There is a difference between
Jandscaping und a solid wall.’ said
Coun. Diana Hutchinson. ;

Lowering and removing the wall
Will cost the municipality money,

“but Boname noted that the wall is

symbolic ‘of other’ cases of
encroachment by homeowners on to
public lands that take public rights-
of-way.and lands and restrict them |
to private use. ..

“It's” "annexing property.”

. Boname said.

‘Although’ ‘councils can generally
demand: that property owners:
. semove encroachments (structures,

landscaping) from public — land,:

Coun. Andy :.Danyliu.. said the
municipatity had some obligation to

‘pay for “the alterations to the

Bellevue wall because MacMillan
had originally obtained staff f permis-

‘sion. :

“According to. Lambert; there
“appeared to be no reason to refuse”
that permission because the original
barrier had been only four feet: fur

a ther back from the creeks

mise,” said MacMillan. 2... >»
He: pointed’ out that’: the. wall:
replaced 'a Jess esthetically’ pleasing
‘concrete barrier and ‘protected ‘peo-
ple from_aistfaight ‘eight-foot drop

2.4 m) to the creek Culvert below. ae

0. the: 'four-foot ae 2 m). level,’ tathe
than the three-foot ( 91 m) height he

is argued. that ihe landscaping

COUN.: HUTCHINSON.:. differ- ;
ence ' between landscaping ©
and a solid wall.

* He understood that the new wall
on the boulevard was to bea contin-
uation of the wall on private proper-
ty. :
There are additional concerns
with the wall, which tums and fol-
lows the creek along the east side of
MacMillan’s property.

But the municipality could not

disallow that portion, which is’ on-

private property, unless it impedes,
fouls or obstructs the flow of the
creek, Lambert said.

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