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WV cautious on care home OK
Council tells developer to address neighbours’ concerns ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
WESTVancouver has sent one developer back to the drawing board for a proposed senior’s housing project alongTaylorWay.
District council told the developers of Maison Seniors’ Living project on Monday that the plan needs more review and the concerns of immediate neighbours need to be addressed.
The building, an assisted living and memory care facility proposed for 825 Taylor Way and 707 Keith Rd., is set to take over two lots currently designated as single-family housing.The proposal has caused some conflict with the surrounding residents, including Eden Place, a dead-end street that backs onto the site. Andrew Franks, an
Eden Place resident, is concerned about privacy issues as the building would overlook his backyard. “Our property will be significantly affected in terms of views, privacy and usability,” said Franks, who has lived with his family on Eden Place for 13 years. “This amendment fundamentally undermines the Eden Place neighbourhood and
the greater Sentinel Hill neighbourhood.” Diamond Karim, also an Eden Place resident, said the new building could drastically affect property values in the area. “The effect of this proposal on the value of the surrounding homes is large and negative,” said Karim. “The uplift from rezoning the property into
commercial space would be significant. Some of it would throw back to West Vancouver through capturing the ‘uplift’ but none of it would throw back to people who own the property and live in their homes, they would bear the cost in the property values by themselves, this is not See Parking page 5
Eco-activist pleads guilty to U.S. arson
JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
I CAN DIG IT Lise Byers of the Handsworth senior girls volleyball team makes a pass in her team’s 3-0 win over St. Thomas Aquinas in North Shore premier league action Tuesday night at Handsworth. Scan this page with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos as well as video clips from the match. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
A NorthVancouver woman and former radical activist who hid out from U.S. authorities for more than half a decade entered guilty pleas to three charges of arson and conspiracy in an Oregon court onThursday. Rebecca Rubin, 40, pleaded guilty to involvement in arson plots against wild horse facilities in Oregon and California and theVail Ski area in Colorado when she was a member of a secretive “eco-terrorist” group in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rubin left the group more than a decade ago and had been living in Canada. She turned herself in to authorities last year, after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors. Under that plea deal, Rubin will spend a minimum of five years in jail for her crimes and could spend more than seven years in SeeWoman page 5
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