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AS NEARLY 500 homeowners
struggled to enter Carisbrooke ele-
mentary school’s gymnasium
Tuesday. harried municipal staff
announced that the public hearing
of proposed single-family housing
amendments for the District of
North Vancouver would be contin-
ued in two weeks" time.

By Martin Millerchip

Contributing Writer

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debating the rights of property
owners versus the rights of neigh-
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for blocks around the Upper

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A SLEEPING child was in a car seat in this van when the Hemiock fell on the vehicle during strong winds on Tuesday afternoon
Rec Centre Magnussen’s parking lot. The uninjured child was the only person in the van. A witness estimated there were four
inches (10 cm) between the car seat and the demolished back part of the vehicle.

vers away,

Some residents whe got as far as
ihe doors of the school gymnasium
were unable to join the meeting.
Staff estimate that as many as 100
people simply gave up and went
bome.

At issue are two major bylaw
amendments,

If passed. the changes will
reduce the height and size of future
single-family homes throughout the
district and regulate alteration,
demolition and reconstruction of
existing housing stock.

An overwhelming majority of
those present at the meeting
appeared to support the district ini-
Uatives as speaker afler speaker

“was applauded for blasting the

meeting gets 2nd round

destructive aature of mega-homes
on neighborhood values.
Municipal planner Irwin Torry
explained that council has initiated
a neighborhood-by-avighbarhood
zoning process throughout the dis-

trict to allow local residents the
opportunity to set their own height
and bulk restrictions en new hous-
ing.

The zoning program for 1994 is
expected to complete guidelines tor
the Norgate, Marlborough Heights.
Delbrook and Keith Lynn nseighbor-
hoods.

But because there are approxi-
mately 20 neighborhoods west of
Lyno Creek (the boundary of the

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NEWS photo Brad Lecwidge
AN OVERFLOW crowd of North Vancouver District homeown-
ers came out Tuesday to discuss monster houses.
Carisbrooke elementary school! hosted the public hearing on
proposed singie-family housing amendments.

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