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District of West Vancouver councillors say they’ll reluctantly take a second look at the province’s demand to rezone single-family lots to allow the building of multiple housing units. West Vancouver council met Monday afternoon to consider the issue after B.C.’s Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon put the district on notice last week that he expects the municipality to comply with provincial requirements to rezone outstanding properties to allow multiple units – within the next month. At a special council meeting Monday, councillors voted to request a one-month extension of that deadline, to Sept. 23. But after Kahlon said in an interview the province would step in if the district didn’t meet his 30-day deadline, council was to meet again today (July 31) to reconsider passing the zoning changes next month. The moves this week come after the district received a 30-day non-compliance notice from the province on Thursday, after voting in May to reject passing bylaw amendments that would have had the municipality fall in line with provincial rules about adding density on single-family properties. The legislation requires that municipalities legalize between three and six housing units on single-family lots. Continued on A16
HIDDEN GEM Peter Miller is one of several residents who say this trail to Altamont Beach at the foot of 30th Street shouldn’t be closed to help the sale of an adjacent property owned by West Vancouver District. Council members say money from the sale will go to good use on the Ambleside waterfront. See story page 19. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
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