A proponent planning to convert the former Lutheran Church on Airport Way into a guest house with the owner as a live-in caretaker got a key approval from city council at their regular meeting on June 14. Several neighbours were very opposed, while others spoke in favour.
Traffic engineers at McElhanney Consulting Services have been directed by Revelstoke City councillors to finalize detailed designs of the upgrade to the Victoria Road/Mutas Road intersection off the Trans-Canada Highway. If these are again approved, the project will go out to tender with the aim of starting construction in the fall this year.
The City of Revelstoke will be searching for funds to fill the $500,000 gap needed to upgrade the busy Victoria/Mutas Road intersection off the Trans-Canada Highway.
The City of Revelstoke has unveiled their position on the proposed treehouse hotel planned for a vacant property adjacent to the Revelstoke Mountain Resort village. In a series of complex trade offs, treehouse hotel developer David Evans would hold off on developing the whole property, but only if RMR meets conditions like adding a new ski lift, mountain biking trails, a restaurant and other amenities.
A new report by the City of Revelstoke's Development Services department is casting a sunset on the era of proliferating illegal vacation rentals operating without permits, taxation and only complaints-based enforcement. We explore the report, which recommends of setting a cap on the number of vacation rentals allowed, and proposes active bylaw enforcement.
Revelstoke city council will discuss whether to add $1,000 to councillor paycheques and $2,000 to the mayor's annual sum at the Jan. 26 special budget meeting.
The council has received six responses to a proposed added patio at Revelstoke bar and bowling alley, The Cabin. Five of those letters listed concerns relating to increased noise and intoxication.
