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A proposed 97-unit condo development cleared another hurdle on April 12, when council gave first and second reading to a zoning amendment bylaw necessary to the development’s future. Should it pass final reading, the bylaw will change the 3.8-hectare lot at 5930 Columbia Ave. from agriculture to low-density residential zoning. The lot sits just north of the junction of Columbia and Princeton Avenues, between two lots already zoned for low-density residential developments. The developer’s plan, according to Director of Planning Cory Gain, is to combine the Columbia Ave. property with another one directly beside it to create the housing development. That development would be a 97-unit residential strata development with 21 buildings spread over the two properties, which total a combined 4.6 hectares. Preliminary outlines show two clusters of houses near the south and west ends of the combined lots, with a tract of open land in the northeast, where the slope is quite steep. The plans also show two roads exiting onto Somerset Ave., one of which runs through to another exit on Columbia. As Gain explained, the current bylaw only addresses issues related to land use, essentially indicating that the land is appropriate for a development similar to the proposed.
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Thank you to everyone who came out to see us at the Business Expo. Congratulations to all the prize winners, and especially to Larry Guilbault who was our Grand Prize Winner! He won 7 tickets to the Penticton Vees Hockey game in a VIP suite.
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