Editor:
Re: Condo proposal to serve seniors, young families, July 25
Rolly Skov and family have explained their "vision" of their five-storey, 47-unit, 76-parking stall condo building that they want to put in Ladner Village. The proposal is to serve seniors and young families.
It is commendable they wish to build a condo geared to seniors and young families. No one is suggesting they should not build something; in fact, if it is within the OCP and the Ladner Area Plan, it would be supported.
However, their vision to serve seniors and young families does not mean having a structure, in the village, of the height and density they are proposing.
Although their spin is that there are only three floors of condos with two penthouses on top, the structure is still five storeys high, the density is way out of line with the OCP, the height is not within the guidelines of the Ladner Area Plan and the resulting traffic will certainly negatively affect the village. There is no way to "spin" out of that.
Perhaps if the Skovs gave up their personal penthouses on top, they could afford to reduce the height, then the density, and hence the cost.
After all, they want to be good neighbours.
Lynne Webb
