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VANCOUVER residents used to taking a

peek af the fitness classes behind glass while cruis- ing Marine Drive, have had their ‘view cancelled during the winter months § by the cold weather. The ike combination of chilly temperatures and the heat raised by those. sweating and straining in- side, keeps the plate giass | windows covered with a thick layer of moisture. Only determined peepers, like the one above, can. check out the progress |

By ADRIAN CHAMBER

the exercisers are making. —

A GROUP of Horseshoe Bay residents has lost the final round of their battle to stop their seaside views from being blocked by new houses.

Following a West Van couver board of vanance hearing Wednesday, Bob

Wilhams of 6236 Wellington Ave was given special per masston to build his house 14 feet taller and 12 feer closer to the road than the muntcipal bylaw allows

Board chairman Sam Mer rifield called ua ‘‘catich. 22"° stuation Since Wilhams: property is on the side of a hill, the further he builds his house away from the road (a1 the foot of the hill) the morc tt blocks the view of his neighbors, living on Nelson

Avenuc above him.

By complying with = the bylaw by keeping the height of his house to 25 fect and building it 30 feet from the road, Williams would be blocking about 10 feet morc of his ncighbors’ view than he will under his acw plans, said Merrificid

He said since Willams’ property it ata roughly 60. degree angic, it's a “hard ship case

“Thess has been the bes possible way to reduce the amount of view blocked,”

said Menrrificid.

Lucy Croockewn of 6235 Neison Ave told The News that she and the group of neighbors) who spoke out against Williams’ proposed house at the meeting werc

“concerned that tt was 14 fect overheight *° But Crockewnt says her

prime concern is a “‘massive’’ house on the next door tot owned by North Vancouver architect Kenneth Lee, which she says was rcnovated to be seven feet overheight, and 488 square fect too large

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Although this was approv ed at a November board of variance meeting. Croockewil says it was a “*huge decision made in such a short time.”’

Unfortunatcly, she said, BC is “‘the only province in Canada where you’ can't challenge the board of variance once a ruling has been make

“I'm just another lady with (my) sin acighbors in the back lots Irying lo say we don't want these huge houses

Williams said he didn’t tbink the complaining neighbors understood that by complying with the bylaw, he would block morc of the view

“Unfortunatcly the wholc process (of complaints) was unnecessary,"” Williams told The News, adding that be was reheved the hearing was over

Wilhhams says he hopes to begin building his ncw house next month