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Appropriate Development
There are at least two other areas of concern in addition to the possibility of a six story development at 911/921 Anders Road.
We are concerned with inappropriate infill housing of the type seen at 2365 Crestview Rd. Here, a three story fourplex has been shoehorned into a relatively small lot surrounded by single family bungalows and two story houses. This sudden increase in density in a residential area is not appropriate.
Another concern is the relatively tightly spaced development at 800 Anders Road, beside the new fire hall. There is limited parking in the apartment complex and the access is difficult to negotiate. The result is that residents are parking on the street. There is little room on the shoulder of the road which causes safety issues on Anders at the crest of the hill in this location.
Parks
Historically the CWK has not considered the acquisition of parks as a high priority. There are many reasons for this including the relative youth of the city. Also, we have been blessed with a relatively large number of regional parks and open land. Much of this land is quite rugged but functions reasonably well as “Passive Parks” for hiking, dog walking, etc.
The main issue is the relative lack of Active Parks. These are generally smaller parks that can be used as play areas and sports fields. This lack of active parks is a result of most of the flatter land being taken up by older developments that lacked park planning or by Agricultural Land Reserve.
It turns out that our community fares especially badly with respect to active parks (see Fig #1 ) Recall that LHCA comprises the city-designated areas of Lakeview Heights and S. Boucherie. Without bold action our situation will only get worse as the population increases, infill housing continues, and our demographics move towards younger families.
Fig #1 Lakeview and S. Boucherie are lacking in active parks
Small active community parks are best located close to residences where they can be used in both formal and informal activities without requiring a car ride (see Fig #2). The 400m radius is a reasonable distance for people to walk to a community gathering or play area. The pink square is a park proposed by LVHCA on Harmon Rd on city owned land. Note that even 3 active parks of this size will only start to get our community to the required level.
Fig #2 Three conceptual areas where active parks are needed.
In conclusion, we recommend that the CWK acquire at least 4 blocks of flat land of 0.7 hectares or more per parcel inside LHC for Active Parks. They should be distributed in such a way that they can serve the maximum number of residents with the minimum walking distance. This may require extra funding and/or innovative approaches with the ALR.
We also received many comments on specific issues and messages as part of our 2026 survey. They make very interesting reading. Most amplify the concerns listed above but there are quite a few additional ideas worth thinking about. Thank You!
• A fenced dog park with lots of space to run would be wonderful. I shouldn’t have to drive over to Rose Valley so my dog can run. Something in the neighbourhood would be wonderful s would a rec centre with a proper gym and pool
• Administration costs of approximately $12 million appeared to me, to be over budget by $7 million.
• Affordability
• As a member of this community, I believe we need to support infill housing. Development costs continue to rise, and densifying our neighbourhoods is one of the most practical ways to keep housing affordable and sustainable. I encourage the community to support taller buildings and infill development as part of the solution.
• Better parking along Anders Rd. across from Carlow building
• Changes in residential zoning allowing suites and Airbnb’s taking away privacy and increasing in parking and noise
• Community Safety/Fire Protection
• Dog parks being large, open areas like the area behind MarJoc, rather than a small fenced off square area of mud. That is the perfect community dog park. Getting rid of that for another sports field, or some other use is going to upset many people. Also fix up downtown West Kelowna. It's so run down looking.
• Drought
• Enforcement of well know illegal short-term rentals.
• FireSmart
• Greater effort is required to identify and incorporate work that addresses long-term requirements when undertaking current upgrades and/or maintenance (ie Ogden Rd repaving should have identified the need and opportunity to incorporate walking/biking space which could have been accomplished at minimal additional cost at the time the project was undertaken).
• has anyone considered specific hours for pool heaters? very annoying at all hours of day and night, especially cheaper loud ones. When we go camping there are set times for generators why not pool heaters?
• Honest transparency
• Housing Densification in older neighbourhoods with larger lots is not feasible. Road infrastructure is lacking with all the new developments. Side streets lack sidewalks and streetlights to support increased residential growth. Our West Kelowna neighbourhoods have large homes and large lots - that is why we chose to live here. The community plan to increase densification does not suit our older neighborhoods. More park facilities would be beneficial- specifically softball fields and shared sporting facilities.
• How do you plan to support youth STEAM events and development in the area?
• How would you improve transit so less cars are needed, thus reducing traffic congestion.
• I would like to see something done a out the increase in property crimes (thefts) vehicle break ins. I would also like to start a petition to close and end the "wet" camp at the end of Ross rd
• Invasive trees that are out of control and the city does have a policy, so does nothing!
• Just neighbourhood parks, we’re lagging behind and council seems not to care at all, in fact they took Anders field.
• Lack of water on going ...
• Need more sidewalks and multi use sidewalks to encourage people to leave car behind
• No tall buildings at all, no condos.. Otherwise, it will change the whole lifestyle in Lakeview Heights
• Ourtoland road traveling around the corner to menu Rd is dangerous the property with the hedges is a major concern all year. Parking along the initial part of Menu Rd should not be allowed. The access lane for Menu Rd at the top needs to be fixed, it is a horrible mess.
• "Pave the gravel section of Boucherie bike trail so road bike can use it.
• Improve the signage at the south end of the bike trail so cyclists don’t use the road."
• Planners don't design for West Kelowna, seem to follow Vancouver design philosophies,
• Remember the neighborhoods you are defacing. Keep new construction under 2 levels.
• Roads need major upgrades for safety of people and drivers
• Roundabout at Boucherie and the highway
• Roundabout off Hwy 97 and Boucherie
• Safe sidewalks are lacking in our neighborhood; we need to encourage walkability
• Slow down the high-density housing in the area
• Speeding along Anders Road is out of control.
• Speeding on Anders. Kids on e-bikes being very careless how they ride
• Spending has gotten out of control. The RDCO needs to be cut. Kalamoir park should be up and running and left alone, it does not need a 1.4-million-dollar upgrade.
• Stop increasing taxes, hold the west Kelowna city workers accountable. Decrease the RDCO funding.
• Taxes are increasing faster than income, people will be forced out of their homes, due to constant increase in municipal provincial and federal tax. How would you slow it down!
• The lack of proper bus stops.
• They need to be accountable for greedy developers in established neighborhoods. Bigger isn’t better and honor those taxpayers who currently reside in the neighborhood by NOT permitting the building of massive, multi-resident buildings in neighborhoods where that does not exist.
• This is supposed to be a largely agricultural community; leave it that way. develop in neighbourhoods that were designed for density; having unique neighbourhoods adds diversity to a community
• Traffic congestion, speeding on Boucherie, Motorcycle Noise exceeding livable decimals..
• Traffic enforcement
• Tree ordinance.
• Try and encourage small business. encourage tourism. stop the bs.
• "Urban Planning: Multiple Family Housing Projects Regulations (density principles):
• A recently completed Townhouse Project on Anders Road had Planning Dept. review and support. Urban planning principles suggest window-to-window privacy in townhouse developments using building separation distances (typically 13 to 15 meters), offset window alignments, elevated or stepped setbacks, and physical screening like landscaping, louvers, or (as a last case) frosted glass to prevent direct lines of sight between facing rooms. This project was developed with +/-6.5 meter distance between major opposing direct -line-of sight spaces (living room windows, balconies, bedrooms, bathrooms). Privacy & access to sunlight within this compressed space are compromised. For opposing garage doors with this limited distance, parking and maneuvering for pick-up trucks is impractical and adjacent on-street parking is the only viable alternative. Balconies with facing separations of +/-650mm defy the definition and intent of 'Private' Open Space by-law requirements.....etc"
• Vineyard Drive!
• Water - drought
• Water and infrastructure
• Water. We need to water more than once a week. Everything is too dry. The anxiety of fire is overwhelming.
• Way too many short-term rental proprieties up in upper mt Boucherie and way to many vehicles parking that the properties don’t have enough space!
• We do not need speed bumps on roads. All that ends up happening is speeders accelerate from one to the next.
• We need to maintain the essence of the name “Lakeview Heights” the more multi housing developments the less the view of the lake for the other residents!!!
• What are the plans for the Crestview property? The town should consider selling it if it is not able to develop the property due to concerns of the neighbouring properties.
• What is being done to ensure that the Rose Valley Water Plant we pay for is working reliably?
• "What would you do to ensure or control overspending on projects?
• Some examples: Originally estimated to cost about $50 million, the Rose Valley water treatment came in at $75 million. Once projected to cost $18 million, City Hall cost more than $24 million and the final tab for the works yard was about $10 million, double some earlier estimates.
• We (taxpayers) didn’t approve a single cost overrun, but are left to pay the bill, and quietly accept higher taxes and “one-off additional payments. Since 2010 property taxes have increased 88.7% compounded."
• "Work with regional district Parks to get proper parking at Kalamoir Park. they need to pave the parking area. A suggestion would be for the parking to do angle parking on both sides. Also put in a couple of speed bumps at the bottom of the road to slow down vehicles as they are coming in or leaving the park.
• City council needs to work with the local RCMP detachment with concerns of the speeding that’s happening on Boucherie Road particularly when they are coming up from the bottom of 97 and are flying up the hill! There is a signalled crosswalk (finally!) on the crest of Boucherie and Stuart, but when vehicles or motorcycles are coming up that fast and if someone’s in the crosswalk… could be disastrous Maybe a warning light before the crest of the hill warning people that there’s a pedestrian in the crosswalk?
• And as nice as it may look, the wine tour with the trees on the first phase on Boucherie Road What a waste of taxpayers’ money! Many times, the trees are damaged by being hit by vehicles. They have to replace them. And the Meridian is full of weeds and does not look nice at all, quite ugly actually and with watering restrictions, that’s becoming more and more every summer, them watering the plants while we can’t water our yards. And if there’s an accident that section where the Meridian is, there’s no way people can go around or even turn around. The sidewalks are great but get rid of that Meridian.
• Yes, we need a Urgent Care that us open from early morning to later at night or a small hospital that will x-rays. Urgent Care usually sends us the hospital for procedures and there we wait for another 5 to 6 hours to get help. The Urgent Care that is 15 minutes away is only open at 12 noon which does not help families with the proper care. If the bridge was to be blocked, we suffer from serious consequences. We do not feel safe in West Kelowna.
• You must address property taxes and increases, increases are becoming unmanageable