View Royal residents living on Esquimalt Lagoon approached town council on Monday with a petition signed by 145 waterfront property owners.

The newly formed Waterfront Association of View Royal is concerned over riparian rights, dock regulations and communication from the city.

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The issue initially came up as View Royal set out to develop a position on dock guidelines for recommendation to the Department of National Defense, which regulates the lagoon. DND is beginning the process of addressing non-compling docks and getting property owners to bring them up to regulation.

The focus of the association has developed from there.

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Mark Sager, a lawyer and the former mayor of West Vancouver, presented the petition to council.

SagerB次元官网网址檚 brother who owns waterfront property in View Royal. Council received the petition without discussion.

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Communication is the other issue. McCooey and the others want the town to be better at getting information to waterfront property owners, with more notice for open houses and faster responses from the town.

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