2 — Wednesday, April 29, 1992 — North Shore News

300-name petition blasts Victoria for all-night ferry sailings plan

A 300-name petition blasting the provincial government for its lack of consultation over proposed all-night terry sailings from Horseshoe Bay was tabled in the legislature

in Victoria on Monday.

Opposition house leader David Mitchell, the Liberal! MLA from West Vancouver-Garibaldi, said “the trial balloon’’ being flown by the ferry corporation that 24-hour sailings might be set up between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo was not the proper way to proceed.

“What we have seen from this government time and time again is to leak something, have a story get out there, and then gauge the reaction to it, rather than having meaningful consultation,” Mit- chell said outside the house.

He accused the NDP of “‘toying with people’s emotions’? on the issue.

“I think people generally are in favor of later sailings. Look at Bowen Island, for example. They have been lobbying for (them) for

By John Pifer From Victoria

a long time, and a later sailing than nine o’clock would be wel- come.”

But all-night trips to Vancouver Island, he said, must be question- ed and studied to determine whether the traffic volume is there to justify them economically.

“There are some real, serious concerns in West Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay about this. They are mostly safety concerns, but there are also quality-of-life con- cerns,’ said Mitchell.

In Horseshoe Bay itself, resi- dents are concerned about the noise and traffic levels that night

sailings would add to the com- munity.

As for safety, Mitchel! said the prospect of having industrial cargo ‘‘coming down the Sea to Sky highway 24 hours a day,’’ was a Gisturbing one.

“It’s a dangerous highway dur- ing the daytime, let alone at night. It’s not a very safe highway in terms of its accident record,”’ Mitchell said.

The West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA said B.C. Ferries was a Crown corporation owned by the people of B.C., ‘‘but it has no commitment with having concern for the community in which it operates, such as Horseshe Bay.

“If there was any genuine con- cern, this whole thing would have been managed properly. We haven’t had a cost-benefit analy- sis. We haven't any economic studies as to the benefits of all- night sailing, or late sailings.

“If the government was to ap-

proach this in a rational way, with some public consultation, people would be able to stomach it. But it’s not happening,’’ stated Mit- chell.

The MLA praised the Horse- shoe Bay Community and Business Association for cir- culating the petition.

He said 300 signatures “‘is a fairly significant part of the popu- tation there.””

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PUBLIC MEETING

PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT

NOTICE is hereby given by the City of North Vancouver, pursuant to section 957 of the Municipal Act of British Columbia, that a Public Hearing will be held on MONDAY, MAY 4, 1992 at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Streci, North Vancouver B.C., to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to

“Zoning Bylaw, 1967, No. 3778:*

BYLAW NO, 6282

To amend the text of the CD-203 Zone in the Zoning Bylaw

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION

NOTICE is herby given by the City of North Vancouver, pursuant to Section 980 of the Municipal Act of British Columbia, that a Public Meeting will be held on MONDAY, MAY 4, 1992 at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. to receive representations in connection with the following:

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT NO. 24

FAMA HOLDING» LTD. has applied for a Development

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Variance Permit with respect to property legally described as

pertaining to Lots H and 1, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 15294, Lot K, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 17050, and Lot 14, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 879, as indicated in hatched pattern on the map below, located at 557 Lonsdale Avenue. The proposed bylaw would permit the applicant to create more units within the development. The nine additional units will result in a total of 34 units on the property at the southwest corner of Lonsdale Avenuc and West 6th Street. No changes are proposed to the height, lot coverage or floor area of the development.

WEST SIXTH STREET

WEST FIFTH STREET APPLICANT: FAMA HOLDINGS LTD/

RAFII ARCHITECTS ALL PERSONS who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard - in person, by attorney or by petition. The proposed bylaw and pertinent staff reports may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from April 20 to May 4, 1992. Written submissions will be accepted up to and including May 4, 1992. Submissions will not be accepted after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

BRUCE A. HAWKSHAW

The City of

Lots H and I, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 15294, Lot K, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 17050, and Lot 14, Block 120, D.L. 274, Plan 879 30, Block 166, D.L. 274, Plan 878, as indicated in hatched pattern on the map below, located at 557 Lonsdale Avenue. The provisions of the Parking Bylaw, 1991, No.6149

are varied as follows:

(a) Section 2.5.3.10 shall be waived.

(b) Section 2.7.6 is varied to the extent necessary to allow the minimum number of visitor parking spaces provided

to be four.

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ALL PERSONS who believe that their imerest in property is affected by the proposed Development Variance Permit shall be alforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard - in person, by

attomey, or by petition.

The proposed Permit may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from April 20 to May 4, 1992.

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