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Threat of exira house delays bylaw

Fears that extra houses would
spring up on lots occupied by
heritage-designated homes sty-
mied Central Saanich council
efforts to pass a bylaw which
would help preserve Hagan House,
soon to be the first municipally-
designated heritage building.

But on March 9) a possible
solution came to council with a
letter from the province’s Agricul-
tural Land Commission, stating
the commission would like to rule
on any applications to put a
second house on agricultural land.

In order to preserve Hagan
House, council had considered
passing a bylaw which stated a
heritage-designated home would
not be counted a residence for
zoning purposes.

Hagan House is located at 7764-
West Saanich Rd., a parcel which
is already occupied by another
residence. Allowing two resi-
dences on that property contra-
venes Central Saanich zoning
bylaws.

However Ald. lan Cameron sug-
gested the bylaw would allow
owners of heritage properties to
have their existing home declared

Subtle sign for
parking problem

A subtle sign was used to con-
vince a neighboring employee
from occupying a prime parking
space last week.

Dave Wilson’s 1970 Jeep CJ-6
was parked in the first stall of the
Sidney Centre parking lot about
7:40 a.m. Thursday when only two
cars were in the parking lot.

Tacked to the back of the Jeep
with tape was a sign stating:
-“Can’t Find A Parking Space???
Come and ask me to move. I work
at Old Country Rentals across the
street.”

Wilson was unaware of the sign
and said employees are not
allowed to park in the smaller Old
Country lot.

Meanwhile, Roland Shanks of
Sea Line Type and Graphics, the
nearest merchant to the Jeep, said
with a smile, “I don’t know any-
thing about it, but the guy parks
there every morning and goes
across the street.

“It’s tight parking in here with-
out staff occupying the spaces.”

Despite signs telling motorists
of a two-hour restriction, Shanks
says he is against towing, saying it
is too severe, and hoped to get a
friendly message across.

“People just have to be reasona-
ble. I hope they see the humor in
it.”

Experiences in the past have
convinced Shanks that having peo-
ple towed causes extreme discord
and inconvenience to customers.
Wilson moved his vehicle after
discovering the sign.

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heritage and then build another
home on the same lot.

Reviewing just one area of the
municipality, he identified 32
homes which could easily qualify
as heritage homes, leading to
second homes on those properties.

“According to this bylaw, if you
designate the house heritage, auto-
matically you can build another
house.”

Ald. Arlene Box challenged
Cameron’s figures March 2, say-
ing she only identified four houses
which might qualify under the
proposed bylaw.

Ald. Clarence Bolt feared the
bylaw would then give people
incentive to buy an older home,
gain a heritage designation on the
home and build a second home on
the lot.

“J think it’s just another loop-
hole in our bylaw to allow a person
to build a second home on their
land,” Ald. Jack Mar remarked.

Mayor Ted Jones pointed out
council had to take some steps to
preserve the Hagan House.

Box said the property owner
lived in the other house on the
property and would not be willing

to vacate that home in order to
conform to the zoning and still
preserve the Hagan House.

Municipal clerk-administrator
George Sawada said the proposed
bylaw had been the method
favored by council to resolve the
problem.

He suggested the lot size limita-
tions of the proposed bylaw
applies specifically to Hagan
House.

“We could unabashedly pass a
bylaw called the Hagan House
loophole,” Cameron suggested.

He advocated a slight rewording
of the bylaw which made a second
dwelling on the property possible
at council’s discretion, provided
one building was a designated
heritage building.

Council members initially
approved Cameron’s amended
wording and voted Feb. 24 to send

the proposed bylaw to the agricul- ~

tural land commission for com-
ment.

The response, received at the
March 9 committee meeting rec-
ommended rewording the bylaw to
ensure it conforms with the agri-
cultural land commission act.

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