2 ~ Friday, May 22, 1992 - North Shore News

New building height approved for old library site

NORTH VANCOUVER City Council recently approved a change to its Official Community Plan (OCP) update that will alow a maximum building height of up to 130 feet for the old city library site at 135 West !2th St.

Although council defeated a motion (to rezone the site to allow for the construction of a highrise residential building on Feb. 17, the same proposal had been pass- ed by council’s committee of the whoie earlier in the same meeting.

By Pamela Lang Contributing Writer

private, voted to allow a rezoning application and OCP amendment

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was raised in open cauncil, Ald. Rod Clark walked away from the proceedings and motion was defeated in a 3-3 5

The motion be:cre council May 12 was the same as the Feb. {7 motion, except that it dealt: only

cluded the rezoning application for the site.

Ald. Bill Bell argued that ap- proving an increased density on the old library site makes the city look greedy because it owns the land,

Increased density will increase the value of the property and the value of any building permits needed to build on the site.

Ald. John Braithwaite added

public mecting to discuss the OCP update, higher density for the library property was not discuss- ed.

“That's not good planning,’’ he said.

Speaking in favor of the amendment, Ald. Stella Jo Dean said a three-storey building (allowed under current zoning and OCP) would not be as attractive as a tall, thin pedestrian-friendly highrise.

The commiuec, which meets in to proceed, but when the issue with an OCP amendment and ex- that when council recently held a

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