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April 22, 1994 96 pages

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Residential complex proposed
for Dollarton industrial lands

THE DESIRE to rezone and
develop Dollarton Highway
industrial waterfront into a
residential complex has sur-
faced again, according to a
North Vancouver resident.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter

Concerned citizens successfully
opposed a smaller, but “higher”
building development proposed for
the area in 1988, according to
North Vancouver District (NVD)
planner Doug Allan.

But said Save Our Shores Again
spokesman and area resident Clive
Walton, “The concerns are all the
same: the density, the views of the
water that won't be there when you”
drive by...”

On Monday, NVD council will
likely introduce the latest rezoning
bid and set a date for a public hear-
ing for 6.27 acres (2.5 hectares) of
mostly industrial-zoned waterfront
land.

Allen said the planning depart-
ment is recommending the 210-unit
project called Cates Landing go
ahead. The complex will bave eight
buildings, three to four storeys
high.

United Properties bid. of
Vancouver, bas an option to buy
the property if the residential zon-
ing is approved. The property cur-
rently houses industrial buildings
from 3795 10 3919 Dollarton Ihvy.

The main operations on the site
consist of McKenzie Barge and
Marine Witys, and Noble Towing.

Marine and Shipbuilders local
S06’ spokesman Bob Docherty said
approximately 35 members of his
union will he out of work if the res-
idential proposal goes through,

Docherty claims shipyard busi-

ness in the areca is a viable enter-
prise. Losing this industrial-zoned

Witerfront to resideatial develop.
ment will put another nail in the
coffin of West Coast shipbuilding,
he said.

Meanwhile Save Our Shores
Again members claim the Cates
Landing development is unaceept-
able because:

a waterfront public pathway pro-
vided by the developer is in front
of, and too close to, the proposed
housing development;

@ the scenic Dollarton Highway
vista of the water will be blocked;
Bi residential views would be
impeded, affecting property values;
GJ there will be unacceptable con-
gestion levels created in relation to
road use, parking and schools;

@ private land near McKenzie
Barge thought to be part.of Cates
Park by some residents may also be
rezoned for residential:

there is already a high-density
residential project siated for the
Tseilwaututh land (Burrard Band)
on the DoUarton waterfront. The
impact on the area.has nol been
assessed.

Save Our Shores Again esti-
mates the proposed United
Properties complex would add
approximately S00 peapte to the
area.

The original Save Our Shores
lobby group was formed in 1988
when Ramrod tnvestments pro-
posed to build a $35 million resi-
dential development. Phe develop-
ment was slited for Matsumoto
Shipyards (now Noble Towing) and
consisted of a 10-storey and a six-
story tower made up of 154 units
on the Dollarton waterfront.

A spokesnoian for United
Properties Lid. was unavailable to
press time,

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