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News Reporter dlancaster@nsnews.com

SARAH is getting her fence.

Singer, songwriter and West Vancouver resident Sarah McLachlan, along with her husband Ashwin Sood, applied to West Vancouver council in May to extend an exist- ing fence, build another six-foot-high (1.8 m) fence and construct a gate and parking area at the rear of their property. As with the existing fences and gate that enclose the lot, all of the new additions would encroach onto district property.

On Monday, council debated whether the couple should be charged for encroaching on public land, or for blocking the view from the street of a nearby creck,

“Council policy has always been to decide whether to allow encroachments — not to charge for them,” said Coun. Victor Durman.

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Coun. John Clark pointed out that water- front homes in West Vancouver are not charged for blo -king the view of Burrard Inlet and the Gcorgia Straight.

Sood and MeLachlan’s application was made just before council considered a new Policy for Municipal Boulevards and Lanes — which proposes revisions to the Boulevard and Encroachment Bylaws that wouldn’t allow their encroachments. The ‘requested changes aren’t characteristic of the area they live in and exceed proposed limits. .

But in an earlier letter to council, Sood - said the fences and gate are-needed for secu- rity, privacy and safety — a mitigating. cir- cumstance in this instance. Coy

Since the proposed bylaw also sets: an annual fee for encroachments such as build- ings and structures, council voted to charge Sood and McLachlan an annual fee for. the encroachment on the lane allowance, which they plan to use as a parking area. The other fences will be allowed, with no charge: :

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BOULEVARDS have long been a hot issue in West Vancouver.

The = district’s bylaws define a boulevard to include any unopened area of road: the area between the proper- ty line and the roadway, unopened roads, unopened lanes and unopened street- ends.

It's all part of West Van's village-like charm: narrow, twisting streets, lined with trailing plants, thick bushes and overhanging trees. But in some cases, the trailing and overhanging has become

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Care and maintenance of a boulevard, and the plants that grow in it, fall to the owner of the property which it borders. But there’s wide variation in the degree of maintenance by homeowners throughout the district. And that’s caused problems.

On Monday night, West Vancouver District Council voted to adopt a new Policy for Municipal Boulevards and Lanes, and that a draft of a new bylaw on the issue be referred to the Select Committee on Bylaws.

According to the policy, the new bylaw will encourage “the creation and conserva- tion of attractive, safe streets, boulevards and lanes with a diversity of landscaping in keeping with the local streetscape. and the sur- rounding neighbourhood

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Major works such as high fences and retaining walls (over 1.8 metres in. height) and buildings and structures for exclusive private use will . be prohibited. In cases where there is a building or struc- ture within the boulevard or. - lane that is for the exclusive. © private use. of the abutting |. property owner, a Licence to |: Occupy and \an. annual fee « will be required...)

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