WEST VAN ANSWER COULD BE COSTLY

lilegal suites prompt bonding idea

By CHARLES MEYER

IT COULD COST West
Vancouver homeowners
thousands of dollars if
municipal council ap-
proves recommended
changes to current zoning
by-laws governing in-law

suites in single family
homes.

In a report to council
Monday Development

Director Bob Collier sug-
gested present in-law and il-
legal suite control
mechanisms be altered to
curb the sharp density mse in

single family zoned areas.

He expressed concern that
many homeowners. are
building additional suites to
their homes despite
Municipal restrictions which
disallow more than one legal
unit in a single family home.

“We have explored the
possibility of controlling the
number of kitchens in a
dwelling unit as a simple ad-
ministrative technique,” said
Collier. “It is now our opi-
nion that this will not solve
the problems (of illegal
suites).”

He urged council to imple-
ment a bonding policy by
which a homeowner or

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builder must pay up to
$5,000 to the municipality
when applying for a building
permit.

If an in-law or illegal suite
is built without council ap-
proval, the $5,000 is
forfeited to the municipality.

“We're advocating a
return to the previous policy
of permits based on bonding
provisions outlined in the
zoning by-law,” explained
Collier.

He added: “The old $1,000
bond (a zoning by-law re-
quirement) should be in-
creased to a more mean-
ingful level in light of con-
temporary real estate
values.”

Alderman David Finlay
agreed with Collier and said:
“If it means effective control
of in-law suites then we'll go
back to the previous bonding
format. But it has to be in-
creased from the current

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Although, as pointed out
to council by Alderman
Robert Hicks, the increase
to the suggested $5,000 bond
cannot be implemented until
the new Land Use Act from
the municipal affairs
ministry is introduced in spr-
ing.

“If the bond is raised,”
said Hicks, “it will wait until
the new act is in place. Until
then, the $1,000 bond level
will be reinstated.”

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