2 - Sunday, February 25. 1990 - North Shore News

Cove development approved

REDEVELOPMENT PLANS for the Nutshell and Savoury

restaurant sites in

Deep Cove were finally approved at

Monday night’s “North Vancouver District Council meeting after Taurus Ventures Lid. reduced the height of the devel-

opment’s root line by 2.5 feet.

Council voted 4-1 in favor of is- suing a development permit for the commercial an residential project at the foot of Gallant Avenue after revised architectural drawings were teceived thet dealt with some of the concerns raised at a recent public meeting.

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The approved proposal includes a building that will rise 33.5 feet above grade on Gallant Avenue and 42 fect above grade from the

Perspective of the Deep Cove Yacht Club. The building will con- tain ground-level commercial space and two levels of underground parking as well as 17 two-bedroom condominiums.

Ald. Bill Rodgers said the de- veloper had been very responsive to the community's wishes, and Ald. Rick Buchols, who also ap- proved of the development, said, “reducing the overali height of the building was a good idea; the shape adds much to the design.”’

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Buchols abso approved of the revised access to the underground parking, which is designed to elim- inate pedestrian and vehicle con- flict.

Rather than entering the parking area via an uphill ramp crossing the proposed new sidewalk, vehi- cles will now enter at the same level as the existing turnaround be- tween the site and the Deep Cove Yacht Club beneath an elevated pedestrian bridge.

The East Seymour Community Association had suggested that the district negotiate a land swap with Taurus so its development could be built further west on the site of the

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recently approved cultural centre, with the lower profiled cultural centre moving to the east end of Gallant Avenue.

But Ald. Joan Gadsby said the swap would require the developer to build on a smaller tot. The resulting mass. she said, would spoil the entrance to Panorama Park and force the cul- tural society to provide under- ground parking that would dramatically increase their costs and result in a complete redesign of their facility.

Mayor Marilyn Baker voted against issuance of the develop- ment permit.

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