Public Discussions about 765 Badke Rd in Kelowna

The neighbors of all the houses around this project signed and presented a petition with more than 150 signatures on two occasions, so that the construction be of tower houses and not this imposition of six floors. We are on a street with only one access to Franklin Road. This will be a big traffic problem all the time, parked cars complicating exits for neighbors who have existed for years. Nobody wants this monster on top of our houses generating shadows and noise in such a small space. It will be a big headache to live with this building where everything around is low density. This style of building is more suited to streets like 33rd but not within a neighborhood that has lived in harmony for years. Without consideration for any fire accident or ambulances that need to enter adjacent buildings like La Sierra that is already difficult to access because it is on an angle with only one entrance.

Yesterday, the council voted unanimously to rezone this property to the Urban Cental Rental Only. Current residents from the old 2-storey building are moving out to make way for the new development.