cost ” charges" be ‘sim:
“ mering. in “West. ‘Vancouver

* “full ‘boil. by — next "council
meeting. — _

_

‘council’s finances expert,
. ‘announced’ a’ revision: of
* <sproposed development cost
ao. Charges* which -nearly.
we «doubles. earlier figures.

‘The charges to developers .

are to recover costs. of
_ Services such as_ water,
, , Toads, parks and drainage.

a “The i ‘issue of: developinent

‘however, “said «
© Mondsy. and, should ° ‘reach.

- Aldermen Don’ Lanskail
and --John Humphries,
‘interested.

groups, should. have a chance °
-- to. comment on -the rae
: ~ figures.’ Council agreed ’.t

, ” table the: matter‘ one week.
Alderman. ‘Don McAlister, ’

Fréd Russeli,
‘coordinated the Caulfeiid
Plateau —
remarked: during council's

“The area between British

; Pacific | Properties: and
_ Cypress Creek is hit with the

highest charge — $8,056 per ~

anit, $4,000 more. than the
original proposéd figure. _

' Between Cypress Creek
and Nelson Creek above the
‘Upper Levels Highway
. Charges are hiked from
- $2, 857 to $5588. ,

“Between Nelson Creck
and Seaview Highway,
development cost charges go
up from. $2,033 to $4,764.
And infill development
charges below the highway

‘are boosted from $1,065 to

$1,790. © ——
| MeAlister said this:
proposed increase takes into

account: interest charges on

long-term - financing for

' major projects.

Interest,
double costs.

he

'

Mayor Derrick Hum-
phreys recommended that
council ratify the
development cost charge
bylaw.

said, can.

Russell commented: after -
the. meeting that.
development. is
necessarily a. case of

‘the bill. for ‘tiew people to
move iijto the’ community

West Vancouverites are
relocating to new
developments, he said, and
the newcomers are buying
the homes the oldtimers are
leaving.

. High. development’ cost
‘charges will force West
‘Vancouver to be a place
only for the rich and single.

“If we want a community .

‘only for the rich we should
just say so,” he: declared.

‘Don Hart, “who served on -

the municipality’s economic
called study committee,
ed‘the > Proposed charges

Hart said he was “shocked
beyond belief” about the
new. charges and vowed to
come back’ next week to
speak on the matter.

Limits set _ti‘(‘“¥
for in-law suites

After batting around in-
law suite sizes as low as 450
square feet and as high as
1,250 square feet, West
Vancouver council Monday
ditched the idca of a square
foot limit and in-
stead on a percentage of
house space.

Supporting a motion by.

Alderman John Humphries,
council decided,in-law suites
should not exceed 30 per
cent of the gross floor areca
of a house.

Staff originally recom-
mended a maximum suite
size of 2,000 square feet.
Council generally agreed
that was too large and sent
the matter back for a new
proposal.

Dr. Robert Collier,
director of development,
suggested Monday a new

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limit of 40 per cent of house
; floor area. That, he said,
"would allow a 1,200 square
foot suite in a 3,000 square
foot house.

Council then knocked the
size down by 10 per cent.

Collier said only three to
five homes built cach year
include in-law suites.

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development,

alot -

‘Vancouver taxpayers footing :

who Ben "

. enquiry period that he was in =
“a bit ofa state of shock” -
-over the development: cost!
a hike. me

He added, “$8,000 as an
_impost fee is a bitof. a joke.”

West t Van homes?
He ‘pointed out. ‘that ‘the

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recoverable development

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1S of municipal servicing . ees will
developers. simply pass, them onto buyers of new -

of : Upper: Levels Develop- - -
ment: stated “the potential.

, ‘double costs.

brewing |

‘standard subdivisions above
the Upper Levels instead of
imaginative z.
schemes. - Me

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The’ West Vancouver:
Citizens”. Planning . Forum,

-. led by Dr. Rod Day, said in-a-

., written © statement. that
\financing “charges can...

“a. penditure for the extension -

cost charge for each housing

- ‘unit is estimated at $1, 503.”

Both Rasseil and'Hart said
high cost’charges will push ~

includes - oll change to 4 ats.
of Esso Extra Motor Oil

- install new filter (oil)

‘North SI Shore

of the Eagle Lake water -
system attributable to. the
Caulfejld Plateau, |, if

amortized over a 10 year:

development period, would

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“The $1.4 million. ‘ex:

: only the rich versus housing

give rise to total. costs of -

double this amount.”

The group .added. that, “if
the (development ost
charge) act does not permit
_the- recovery © of.: financing
costs and inflationary cost,

developers into cramming , then we recommend: that. no

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- development should proceed
-because of the major’ tax

housing penalty that would. ‘fall ‘on
- , the community.” tes

“ “Only when a a system is

‘available “to ‘recover all
‘ Gosts,... should -- ‘ Significant
‘development proceed."

« The “whole issue seems
‘certain to arouse the old
‘controversy over growth and
-no-growth ‘and: housing for

‘fore a. wider spectrum.

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