Council defers decision on Lower Lonsdale highrise

LOWER LONSDALE residents who voiced their concerns at Nov. 23 hearing over a proposal for a 10-storey resi- dential tower at West 5th Street and Lonsdale will have to wait to learn the fate of both the site and their city and

harbcr views.

North Vancouver City Council was to give second and third reading following the public hear- ing to a zoning bylaw amendment that would allow the development at 457 Lonsdale Ave. to proceed but instead deferred its decision to a future meeting when all coun- cillors are present (Coun. Barbara Sharp was absent from the Mov. 23 hearing).

By Layne Christensen Contributing Writer

ing residents 50% more view than would a 10-storey ‘‘rectangular box,’’ a second option for the site, which Toews said the current zoning bylaw ‘allows to be built tomorrow morning.’

“Our (uangular-shaped) build-

v7; This riyth That these are ‘see-through _ balconies ... you have to be kidding. 99

“- William Wilson, Lonsdale resident

As presented at the public hear- ing by Siegfried Toews, the ar- chitect contracted by the developer J.C. Enterprises, the 18-unit highrise would be raised off the .ground on a one-storey triangular base and would feature a glass- walled lobby and large circular “see-through” balconies on the two southern corners of the build- ing.

. ” These design features, according to Toews, would allow neighbor-

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ing is trying to consider the neighbors behind and the neighbors in front’? Toews told the hearing, as he showed slides of computer-generated drawings of both building designs and the views each would produce.

But several! Lower Lonsdale res- idents disagreed with Toews’ assertions that the first proposal

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afforded neighbors better view corridors, requested changes to the bylaw affecting height, density and set- backs from the street.

“This myth that these are see- through balconies ... you have to be kidding. You can't see a darn thing through them,’’ said William Wilson of 505 Lonsdale Ave., an eight-storey apartment building on the north side of West Sth Street.

And many area residents said they favored the developer’s se- cond option unless the developer agreed to comply with planning staff’s recommendation to reduce

‘the project’s height and density

based on the existing RH-} zoning of the property — an opiion Toews said was flatly rejected by the developer.

“It might look like a_ brick outhouse ... (but) I would like to see them build this box of a build- ing,’’ said Wilson in support of the design proposal for a standard rectangular-shaped building.”’

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