News Items tag as: agri-tourism

Kelowna's agri-tourism bylaw overturned by courts
March 14, 2018 - 2:01 PM

KELOWNA - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled invalid Kelowna’s current agri-tourism bylaw because the city did not sufficiently advertise proposed changes before a public hearing.
RV park on ag land gets reluctant Kelowna council nod
September 19, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - After vowing last year to shut the gate on new RV parks on agricultural land, the city has given reluctant approval to another.
Farm to fork dinners allowed at Kamloops farm
May 20, 2016 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - With bureaucratic red tape out of the way, a north Kamloops farm is looking forward to putting a meal in front of visitors.
Kelowna council learns it's all right to just say no to farmland use
February 15, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA - The CEO of the Agricultural Land Commission Kim Grout had to remind Kelowna city councillors they have more power than some of them thought to control decisions on the use of farm land.
Kelowna family walks into farmland furor over RV park application
February 06, 2016 - 1:00 PM

PUBLIC HEARING WILL DECIDE IF 10-PAD RV PARK CAN GO AHEAD
Allowing RV parks on farmland might not be worth the trouble, says Kelowna councillor
January 20, 2016 - 7:00 PM

KELOWNA - The issue of RV lots on Kelowna farmland has been so contentious, one councillor suggested this week they should be banned entirely.
Kelowna taking a hard look at RV parks on farmland
January 15, 2016 - 6:00 AM

KELOWNA - Bylaw officers in Kelowna are looking closely at RV parks operating on agricultural land.
Kelowna councillors split over approval of agri-tourism RV park
January 11, 2016 - 7:37 PM

KELOWNA - Kelowna councillor Luke Stack warned the City of Kelowna could expect a flood of applications from other like-minded landowners if they allowed a small RV park on an undersized piece of agricultural land.
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
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