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WEST VANCOUVER COUNCIL Heritage status considered for Caulfeild

DESIGNATING AN entire area as a heritage site may be unprecedented, but West Vancouver District Council is looking into ways of helping residents of Lower Caulfeild protect their neighborhood’s quaint characteristics.

Laid out by West Vancouver pi- oneer Francis Caulfeild around 1905, Lower Caulfeild is known for its winding roads, older houses and relatively large lots.

Feeling threatened by the influx ofbulky infill housing thats take up the entire building envelope, local residents petitioned to have Lower Caulfeild de.ignated as West Van- couver’s first heritage area.

According to a report from Graham Stallard of the planning department, however, statutory powers to designate a heritage area ae lacking.

But giving Lower Caulfeild a new zoning could answer some of the specific requests made by the petitioners, Stallard said in his report.

This would involve changing the current site coverage from 40 per cent to 25 to 30 per cent, and reducing the floor area ratio from 0.45:1 to 0.30 or 0.35:1.

“While such a zone would assist in conserving the general density and form of the area, it would not address the details of design and landscaping that are so important to the character of Lower Caulfeild,”’ Stallard added.

Ald. Rod Day, who has been most vocal about overbuilding in West Vancouver, made a motion to refer the matter to,tne Advisory Planning Commission for review.

“1 would conserve the general density of the area and prevent monster housing,’’ he said.

Ald. Mark Sager said the idea brought up by the Lower Caulfeild area residents was significant.

“It’s reassuring that so many of the neighbors are behind it. Lower Caulfeild is a real gem in the

By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer

community and I’m all for preserv- ing it,’’ Sager said.

Day thought that municipal staff should get together with local resi- dentsto have a more detailed discus- sion as to what kind of zoning they would like to see in Lower Caulfeild.

Ald. Pat Boname stated that the matter was yet another reason why a Heritage Advisory Committee should be appointed soon.

The Heritage Conservation Act gives council the power to declare land of heritage significance (usually a specific building and site) as municipal heritage sites.

But there is little precedent for a

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quences, such as one directed on a private piece of property without the owner’s consent.

The act does mention, briefly, the designation of areas that are

municipal or provincial heritage sites, which Lower Caulfeild is not.

Even if such an area could be designated, the level of control available through development perinits would be limited.

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