| Thursday, September 22, 2011 | L A N G L E Y A D V A N C E
Township council
FREE HEARING TESTS Condo builder goes bigger SET FOR ADULTS by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
For the second time, Langley Township council has approved a change to building plans that will allow larger condos to be built in the Yorkson area. Quadra Homes is slowly developing a massive project involving more than 1,400 units of housing west of 208th Street, between 80th and 84th Avenues. On Monday, they asked for changes to a development permit, allowing the company to build condos five storeys tall instead of four. The changed designs will actually reduce the number of units in the project, because Quadra is increasing the size of individual units, said Shawn Bouchard, representing the company. “They are larger, but we’re not seeing more people,” Bouchard said. This part of the project involves six buildings north of 82nd Avenue. Three of them will have their heights increased to five storeys. The number of units will decline from 171 to 165. The condos will range from 560 square feet to more than
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1,500 square feet. While the number of apartments will be down, some councillors had reservations about the increase in size. “Visually, it looks far more dense than the previous application was,” said Councillor Kim Richter. The other item that caught the attention of council was the addition of solariums – glassed-in balconies – on several floors of the buildings. Coun. Charlie Fox wasn’t fond of the look of them as they faced 208th Street and 82nd Avenue, and he tried to get council support for having them removed from the project along those roads. Other councillors said they liked the look of the solariums. Only one resident complained about the building during the public portion of the meeting. Jacob De Raadt wanted to know about school spaces in the region. The issue has been a hot-button topic as Willoughby has grown rapidly, and elementary schools there are bursting at the seams with children. A new school, Lynn Fripps Elementary, will open near the site in 2012.
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City officials receive lane petition
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Parking is trumping pretty when it comes to turning McBurney Lane into a decorated pedestrian corridor from Douglas Crescent to Fraser Highway. Anita Ference, owner of Anna’s Books, appeared before Langley City council
Monday evening to voice opposition to the plans and present a petition with 1,200 signatures opposition the loss of parking between Douglas Crescent and the alley. From the alley to Fraser Highway is already pedestrian only. “This parking is essential
to all concerned,” she said. Conceptual plans were presented that evening and were unveiled at a public open house this summer. “No decisions been made,” Councillor Teri James told Ference and other opponents at the meeting.