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THE rezoning of a section of Harbourside Drive will soon be up for debate at a public hearing. Monday night, City of North Vancouver council pushed ahead the rezoning of 801 to 925 Harbourside Drive for
residential properties. The development, to be built over the next 10 to 15 years, would include 800 units of strata and rental housing located on more than 300,000 square feet of commercial space. “This rezoning application is really setting the ground rules for 10 to 15 years of development review processes to come
and things will change during that time,” said Emilie Adin, deputy director of community development. “So the big things are being secured through this rezoning application, and what is being proposed is that the city will additionally secure the ability to ask for what else is needed over time in
order to make sure that development works at that location.” The hearing is to be scheduled after a proposal is made to TransLink for bus service in the area. Council voted 5-2 in favour of the public hearing, with some councillors remaining See Flooding page 3
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Two of the residents were in the home at the time of the fire but managed to escape. “There was one occupant that was upstairs and I believe a roommate,” said Pistilli. “We had initial concerns with the tenant in the basement, but it was quickly confirmed that she was away at her mother’s place.” Witnesses George Langezaal and his wife Trish
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A house fire in North Vancouver Tuesday night had firefighters on scene into the early hours Wednesday morning. Crews from the City of North Vancouver Fire Department arrived at 367 East Eighth St. shortly before 10 p.m. to find heavy smoke and flame coming from the rear of the residence. Fire Chief Dan Pistilli said the fire was in both levels of the house, the carport and on the main floor. “We confirmed that all the occupants were out of the building and we went into defensive fire attack mode,” said Pistilli. “We had concerns with the duplex to the west of the property; we had some exposure issues there so we dealt with the exposure and worked hard to knock the fire down.We had crews stay a little bit longer just to keep an eye on a couple of hotspots, just to confirm that the fire was out.” Pistilli said crews were at the house until 3 a.m. and investigators were still on scene Wednesday morning trying to confirm the exact location of where the fire started.The cause of the fire is not yet known. “Our fire inspectors are on scene with the RCMP to rule out any suspicious cause,” said Pistilli.
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