DESPITE NEIGHBORS’ objections, a 14-storey high-rise will be built at 2120 Argyle Avenue in

West Vancouver.

After lengthy debate and agonized deliberation, West Vancouver District Council approved the tower design by K.A. Ray Developments Lid. at its regular meeting Monday night.

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cent, whereas in the Navvy Jack only seven suites would lose their westerly views on- fy

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stated that the tower was two and one half feet wider than bylaws permitted. He also pointed out that the billboard advertising the tower on site was mislead- ing. The lack of directional arrows on the billboard

made the tower appear, to the uneducated eye, as being further east on the site than

save many Crescent views, ALTERED BYLAWS

Humphreys explained that bylaws can be altered if it benefits the community. He explained again that council had the responsibility to consider the proposal even though he had attempted

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tower because the developers

made a number of revisions

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to the project, including sereening the driveway en- trance, altering the rear deck elevation to open views for adjacent owners, providing additional screening of the rear wall and providing nine

The applicant also agreed to place the building approx- imatiely 25 feet from the rear property line (20 feet to the balcony edge) where only five feet is required by zon- ing regulations. This conces-

sion, made to reduce the significant impact on Navvy

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was the case, he said, adding that an easterly site would

“Another resident of the Crescent, Walter Watt,

Local residents in three neighboring apartment blocks fought vigorously over the past six months to alter the proposed tower | plan.

ac The tower blocks views | re : and decreases the amount of

oO sunlight in the area, residents said. Parking and the aesthetic quality of the building was also under debate.

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Residents of three adjoin- ing apartments, the Navvy Jack West, the Crescent and the Bellevue Towers, were aware that the building would be built but all three were at odds as to where the proposed tower should be located on the site. A slight ene adjustment in location Gat would mean gaining degrees ° : of view to one apartment block while losing views to another.

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