Heavy trucks, mules banned

- TERRACE — City-owned lots

on Maroney Ave, are going back
on. the market, but buyers will
face niné conditions laying out
what can and cannot be built
there.

Council last week agreed to im-
pose a “building scheme’? on the
six properties. And, if the owners

~~ -agree, the same conditions will

_apply to five other lots already

“sald by the city but as yet un-

developed. —

~The restrictions follow neigh-
bourhood protests at the ap-
pearance of a modular home on
one of the new Birch bench
street’s lots.

Maroney Ave. resident Ray
Tank charged council was guilty
of “a very serious oversight”’
-when it failed to puta restrictive
covenant on prapertics it sold on
that strect. :

Presenting a 31 signature peti-
tion of protest to council, he said
the presence of a modular home
brought down the value of neigh-
bouring- homes, |

The six unsold lots were with-
drawn from the market Dec, 19,
when the city became aware of

the protests.
The new restrictions now out-
law - manufactured (mobile),

modular or pre-built homes as

well as any building “‘having pre- .

viously been occupied or used on
any other parcel of land.”

A second condition requires the
ground floor area of any new

MODULAR HOME on Maroney Ave. up on the bench isn't like
the kind that comes to mind to most people when describing a
manufactured house. Protests by neighbours have caused coun-
cil to bring in restrictions on the kind of home that can be built on

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 3, 1993 - Page A3

ity tightens up lot sales

lots being sald on the avenue by the city. This home will cost
$145,000 by the time fandscaping is put in and appliances in-
stalled,

home on Maroney must be at
least 1,200 sq. ft.

Based on last year’s average
house construction cost of close
to $76 per sq.ft., that effectively
means it will cost at least $90,000
to build a new house on Maroney.
: Throw in the cost of the Jot and
the average home will run about
$120,000.

The exterior of any new house
must be finished within 12
months of the construction start-
ing date and any attached out-
building must be painted.

Also banned, both on the sub-
division’s street and properties, is
the parking of vehicles or heavy
equipment with a gross vehicle
weight of more than four tonnes.

And the restrictlons even cover
pets, allowing only cats and dogs
“or other animals actually housed
Within their owner's dwelling
unit.”

Blacklisted are horses, . cows,
sheep, mules, goats, pigs, bees,
poultry, fur-bearing animals
(even rabbits) and domesticated
wild animals of any kind, -

Mayor Jack Talstra said the
building scheme conditions

would “guarantee housing of the

kind the neighbourhood would
like to see,...a neighbouzhood that
they enjoy and Like to live in.’’

Administrator Bob Hallsor
pointed out such restrictive agree-
ments are not uncommon on new
sub-divisions.

Modular home interest on the rise

TERRACE — The man at the
centre of the Maroney Ave.
modular home controversy bears
no ill will toward protesting
neighbours. —

“If anything, it’s been good
publicity,’” Dwight Mooncy said
of cily moves to prevent any
more’ such homes being located
on the street. .

Local agent for the manufac-
turer of the homes, Mooney said

news of the outcry prompted a:
number of people to go look at

the home. pu:

He’s even had a couple of en-
quiries about purchasing one of
the pre-built units.

As for the protests, Mooney
Said the problem appeared to be
people seeing a building coming
down the street in two pieces on
the back of a truck and immedi-
ately thinking ‘‘trailer’’.

But this type of home can’t be
compared to a_ trailer/mobile
home, said Mooney.

The 1508 sq.ft ground floor sits
ona full basement and the joist-

ing between is exactly the same |

as that found in a conventional
“stick house’’.
. And the low pitch of the roof (it
has a i-in-12 slope) meant the
walls had to be “‘beefed up’? to
take. local snow loads, said
Mooney, Ot
He suggested, the home is
structurally as strong, if not
stronger, than some conventional
houses.
' As for complaints about the ap-
pearance of the roof, Mooney
pointed out there were three

houses nearby which had exactly
the same pitch,

Nor is this a cheap form of -

housing.

The 3,000 sq.ft. of living area
includes three bedrooms, two
bathrooms, a jacuzzi, fireplace,
and dining room as well as family
room. There’s also! an attached
two car garage. ,

When spring arrives, Mooney -

said the lot will also be fully
landscaped and a 20ft. x 12ft.
deck added on to the back.

The eventual buyer will also
find the house comes equipped
with six. appliances and drapes,
Mooney added,

“This is the top end, deluxe

mode],’' he emphasized, suggest-
ing the final price, including the
lot, would be approximately
$145,000,

‘They .are going to be people
who like the look of the home
and there’s going to be people
who don’t,’ Mooney concluded,
“That’s human nature.’ .

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In brief

Trade banned

THE PROVINCIAL govern-
ment has banned the trade of
certain bear parts to protect
black and grizzly bears from
poachers,

New regulations went into
effect Feb. 1 banning commer-
cial transactions in bear galls,
paws and genitalia separated
from the carcass or hide.

Good flights

ALL THAT clear weather in
lale December and on into Jan-
uary may have been nippy but
there were some benefits,

One of those was a dramatic
reduction in cancelled flights
at the airport during winter
months.

“From Dec. 1 to Jan, 18 I'd
say we had eight missed
flights,’’ says. Terrace airport
manager Darryl Laurent. The
usual number of missed flights
during that period averages 30,
he added.

Tower drain

A DRAINED water tower at
the Gilaus subdivision cast of
town. could have been serious
if the Thornhill Volunteer Fire
Department hadn’t been
prepared.

A valve froze and split dur-
ing the cold weather. When it
thawed the water from the
tower ran out, leaving homes
and the subdivision’s hydrant
system dry.

But a phone call alerted the
Thornhill Volunteer Fire De-
partment to the circumstance
and it was ready to respond
with a truck carrying 6,800
gallons of water if there had
been a fire, ,

“The subdivision’s in our
fire protection area and we rely
on the hydrant system for our
water,’” said Thornhill fire
chief Art Hoving,
“We keep 6,800 gallons of
water In the hall at all times.
It’s part of our standard operat-
ing procedure, Not all of
Thornhill has hydrants,’ he
explained.

The water tower valve was

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