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NEWS S photo faite Wakefield

TAKING. TO the air in. an attempt t to get the: ball, this Carson, Graham player and his teammates pave it their all in a recent rugby match against f
] Argyle. Their‘efforts paid ‘off, and Carson won 10-9. Current rugby senenes put Carson in first place, followed by Argyle in second and Hillside in
; third. Fort more North Shore sports coverage see page 17.

But lack of Lower Lonsdale

AF CURRENT parking problems can be resolved, ‘a new
mutti-sereen movie house operated by Famous Players will

soon open in Lower Lonsdaie.

The theatre, to be located on the
northwest corner of Esplanade and
Chesterfield, will have five or six

* separate cinemas, retail outlets at
street level and office space on the
fifth (top) floor.

But the developer has only pro-
vided * 27 underground parking
stalls for a facility that according

to North Vancouver City bylaws ‘

, Tequires 149 spots.

By KAREN GRAM

Contributing Weiter

The proposed project fills 18,000
square feet and is 75 ft high, the
maximuin allowable height, It fits
perfectly \ into
outlined for the site in the Official
Ce cunity Plan so staff Fecom-
me. cd proceeding with the

the desired uses,

development approval process

while seeking alternative parking.

For a similar facility at che Park
and Tilfurd) site, council ‘insisted
on Full parking. .

But Bill Boultbee,: 4 “eb pre-
sentative ‘of developer
Knockmaroon’: “Holdings; told
North °V ancouver City «Council
that if his firm is required to pro-
vide all the parking specified in the
zoning bylaws, ‘the development
will likely not proceed.”

Boultbee said two previous
development proposals for the site

failed to get. off the ground
because of the costs involved. He
said this project had made it this
far only because the landowner,
the developer and Fatious Players
had all made concessions.

Boultbee also pointed to what he
called ‘'vastly under used"’ parking
facilities next to the project. Over
350 parking stalls are located at
Harbour Centre and Esplanade

‘Centre which are virtually empty at

night, he said.
Ald. John Braithwaite
the staff recommendation

moved
giving

a
aay HN

parking ma = y Stall ieet

wd

support in principle to the
development and directing staff to
investigate means of supplying ad-
ditional parking on or off-site.

“Here at last is a project which
will help revitalize the. town con-
cept this council ‘has supported,”
said Braithwaite.

Ald, Frank Morris said he sup-
ports the concept of a movie house
in Lower Lonsdale but not uniess:
parking is provided.

The motion carried 4-2. with
Ald.” Barbara, Sharp and Morris
against.