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January 13, 1993 56 pages

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District has second thoughts

about house si

SOME SOBER second
thoughts have the. majority
of North Vancouver District
Council backing away from
the ‘severity of controls on
infill housing bulk proposed
‘for “the: municipality last
week,

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

‘As reported in the Jan. 6 News, -
council had proposed a
moratorium on demolitions in‘ ex-
: isting single-family neighborhoods
unless the new house was to be'no

higher than the one it replaced. °
,-The moratorium was, proposed

as’.an emergency measure “until

‘zoning amendments could ; be
enacted that would have reduced

the height of new buildings by! up

to eight feet.

_ Council has since been deluged
‘: with. letters and representations
~- both for and against the proposals.
and . many suggested alternative
- solutions.

But a report from district plan--
ning staff. last. week reminded
council that it does not have the

. power ‘under the Municipal Act to
impose a demolition freeze other
‘than in emergency situations

" (demolition of rental housing).

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Council, the report stated, may
withhold a building permit while a
new bylaw is being prepared, but
it must pass a resolution on each
permit to be withheld.

The staff report went on to
label the .. proposed - eight — foot
height reduction *‘impractical.”*

It stated that district lawyers
wanted to review the ramifications
of approving bylaw regulations
that would render much of the
district's housing as non-conform-
ing.

The. report stated that lawyers
would review whether a. damaged
or renovated house would have to
comply with the new regulations.

“For the majority of heritage
homes and houses built since the
1960s, most will be considered
non-conforming with the propos-
ed drastic “height reductions,” the
report stated.

“If the proposed height regula-
tions are adopted, this may
severely affect property values and
limit renovations."

Coun. Paul Turner proposed a
motion that:
© incorporated the staff amend-

See District page 3

Woodward’s lays off 38
from. Park Royal store

WOODWARD’S: will lay off 38 people from its Park |

Royal Shopping Centre store as part of ‘the estimated 1,206

mployecs - who’ will, be laid

off during the next three

‘months from the .; financially troubled department . store

chain.

Woodward's . spokesman ~ Linda
Denis "'said. 273° people were
: eniployed at’ the -Park: Royal
 Woodward’s location prior to the

company’s announcing its staff -

cuts on Jan. 8.

-The layoffs forthe. Park Royal
; store will include:

- @ five managers and supervisors;

‘@ 14 full-time sales staff;

@-19 part-time sales staf f.
“Woodward's” ‘president © Marc
-,Choulnard said: the department
store ‘chain “can no’ longer prof-
- itably be all things to all people.’?

He ‘said that Woodward’s will *
eliminate several of: its ‘depart-".
“ments: and’.‘‘focus on selected

areas’. which ‘can ‘dominate the
. competition.”?~
. .. The: departments. to: be. elimi- .
nated *: +by Woodward’s include
furniture, appliances, electronics,
‘ caineras,. carpets, fabrics, health,
beauty aids, hardware, lamps, sta-
tionery, sporting ‘goods, toys and

By ann Rattan ©

: News Reporter

:Testaurant operat ions.

Asked to confirm a rumor that

Woodward’s would: be relocating
its head office from its downtown
“West Hastings Street site to the
Park Royal location, Denis said:

“No decision has been made on
‘that yet. We’ Te looking 2 at a cou-
ple of options.”

Asked if Park Royal was one of
‘the options, Denis. replied: “It
might be." > o

vin December, the Park Royal
Shopping. Centre filed ‘a suit.
‘against ‘the financially. troubled ‘,
Woodward's department store |
chain ‘seeking’ $421,000 in unpaid.”
‘rent from its Park Royal outlet.

Woodward’s recently completed ~
a. large | expansion of its Park
Royal store. '

Children’s author
Ainslie Manson

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