Council holds off on boat dock decision
There is still no decision on whether several Mission homeowners will keep the boat docks and launches built out in front of their homes.
Tuesday evening, council heard the Southbay Landing Strata Corporation, whose 30 multi-million dollar South Mission homes the docks were built for, saw a mix-up when Rykon Construction built their docks.
Where the licence granted by the province gave the strata permission for 28 slips with nine boat lifts, the construction company effectively goofed, building a dock of the same size as the licence allowed, though with two additional slips.
Some 17 extra lifts gradually arrived on scene as individual homeowners installed them, council heard, though there was never a licence to do so.
The matter would likely never have come before council had it not been for complaints from neighbours Ava and Wayne Fipke, who spoke at the hearing as well.
The couple brought the issue to the City of Kelowna four years ago and were sent on to the province as the city has no jurisdiction over the licence to enforce the rules, they were told.
In the four years since, Ava Fipke told the Capital News she’s had little success even getting the ear of any government employee.
The public hearing into the matter ran into the early hours of Nov. 18, at which point council decided to postpone making a decision on the issue. jsmith@kelownacapnews.com
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