page 6, January 11, 1978 - North Shore News One of the more interesting points’ to emerge. | recently from West.Vancouver’s ongoing hassles ~| . about ‘‘development”’ is that neither citizens nor | their council are entirely masters in thier own house on the matier. It’s a point. of equal significance for the two other North Shore municipalities—in fact, for municipalities every- where in B.C. The truth of the matter is that the provincial govern- ment, through legislation like the Municipal Act and the Land Registry Act, has quite a big say about what is eventually built. And, when it comes to the crunch, so do the courts of law. The basic issue is the right of a property-owner. to do what he will with his own. property, always provided he confogms with municipal zoning bylaws and building regulations, and also with a rather loosely defined thing known as. “‘the public 3 inter- est’’. em a Many development. pr vu jects clearly affecting the public interest....for example: a neighborhood shopping centre, . a private hospital or a. home for lost dogs...almost “inevitably have to start. with. an application for rezoning, and here at any rate council is master in its own. house. REJECT REZONING Its first step in suc ~h. cases is to hold a public hearing. If , at inai hearing, SUumiciEnt citizens holler. loudly ¢n- ough against the, project, council can simply ‘reject the rezoning application and that’s the end of the scheme, unless or until the developer can serve it up again in a more palatable form. subtleties and works reasonably well est. If you. ‘want to develop a - fundamentally - different’ from what is. al- something - ready there, council has the last. word. That the’ building inspector’ Ss .te- quirements. Should you wish to remodel your single-family | . home from the, foundations ‘{ upward, all you ‘have to.do is ‘Satisfy the inspector that, your new residence will not. be an eyesore...that it will be soundly constructed in the proper place on your lot with éfficient plumbing. and safe eed aeten WHE AME: ny ‘If, having done all that, you don’t get your buliding nermite aranta - vou can ala re SAR OO peste JI Can take the municipality to court, and you'll almost certainly v win. | ‘Exactly the same applies’ to under provincial law developers wishing to build standard subdivisions nf cing- ae se wwe 27 Wh waeass5 le family homes onappropria te. operty which they pa Die taanteietinteal a They are, after all, Going the Pron roRceT PARK ROYALS LEMON SALE ENDS SATURDAY !. | only same as the | individual home-builder or remodeller, except that they are doing it X number of - There are all kinds of times over. As long as they variations, play by the rules, they must according to the exact nature have their permits and if of the proposal, of course, their sprawling subdivisions but on the whole the theory aren ’*t what the citizens as a in whole want, hard luck on the protecting the public inter- local citizens as a whole! This: is: ‘the “point: that . . “ : appears to-have been reach- is not the ‘case, °F as regards the, develop- however, if your project . and © the detailed plans for it: already conform to existing _ zoning bylaws and meet all ment: of West Vancouver’ Ss ‘mountain-side | above. the Upper Levels Highway,. and similar situations could ‘arise Initially, of some membes t rastricied | cred it ues Sau s other members. | ‘These. early ; were basically - savings and foans institutions with a primary emphasis on. providing consumer credit in AS" ; in size and. assets, they expanded: their. services substantially. With — the full support and encourag- board ~ directors and membership, - the. North Shore Community’. _, Credit Union has become a full . institution. -gredit uniens small amounts. unions grew -ement of our service financial "What is a credit union? B.C. credit unions | were limited service financial institutions which. basically. ‘ employed the pooled: savings. to satisfy the eanacitios of SPE Re Sate Gees ™ | elsewhere- ‘on “the North f Shore i in the future. For several years two giant : developers...British Pacific Properties and All Round Developments. ..have waiting for council to make ‘up its mind about exactly -what kind | of ecologically sensitive hous- . ‘ing. projects are acceptable innovative, along beautiful Hollyburn Ridge under the land use . contratt procedure. “A niajority of the new 1978 “council decided: last month that it still did not wish to be ‘tushed into a final decision until ‘economic and transpor- been — tation studies- affecting the whole issue become available .. in the next few months. | So} BPP. and All Round have — picked up... their. ‘original . marbles and announced - the start of a” completely new game ...one which they seem almost certain to win if if ‘they | want to. ° a The companies have drop- ped the land. use contract . approach and have now applied simply to develop a standard subdivision north of donald and Lawson Creeks. | In effect, it. would” ‘be a straightforward -. “expansion westward of. the’ high-priced | British Properties: subdivis-— ‘jon...with a-network of new residential roads, the remov- the highway between Mac- - 4 al of.a 1 good. many. ‘mountain- Side. trees, . bridges. over numerous ° ‘creeks “and, ac-— cording | to” .some — qualified | observers: a_ - considerable’. potential for. ‘flooding: Probe . “lems at lower levels. See COURT INJUNCTION _ “Maybe: this is , just ‘what West | Vancouver’s: present residents really want, but it doesn’t ‘much — matter any- - way. Because, under. the | “present rules of ‘the: game, it’s most unlikely : that: the companies’. standard subdiv- -ision- application’ could. be | legally. -rejected,./assuming, no as--one must, that’ their — planners and lawyers. ‘have a done their homework Prop- a erly. , _ CONTINUED on PAGE 8 "credit of | Your credit union now ‘prov-. - | ‘ides the ‘following types of ; services. — | Bill Sorenson: Howard Whelock, Loans Manager, _ | Park oval. Shopping Contre. is having a centre-wide stock . clearance'sald, You may save 20; 30, 40 percent, but you, wi Nh save 4Q percent.an any tem Beare {he Lemon ‘sale 7 . 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