Photo: GrayStar Farms GrayStar Farms rental accommodation component of the property. A wellness farm located in Kaleden is feeling disappointed after their temporary use permit (TUP) was denied on Thursday, thus ending their family business and confirming their move out of the Okanagan. At Thursday's Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen board meeting, rural area directors had a choice to make on whether to allow a one-year TUP for year-round tourist accommodation use of a two-bedroom accessory dwelling, and the residential use of a recreational vehicle (RV).
Graystar Wellness Farm, owned by Tracy Grey and Darren MacLellan, moved to the property located in the Saddle Horn Drive area almost three years ago. The report from staff to the board recommended a denial of the TUP, stating while the "proposal is generally seen to be in keeping with the TUP criteria under Section 23.3.
4 of the OCP Bylaw, administration has concerns with respect to the health and safety of the proposed residential use of the RV and does not find there to be policy support for the proposed tourist accommodation use." Multiple neighbours wrote in support and against the TUP for the property, with some expressing their displeasure with "large groups of people" coming on the property and into "their quiet subdivision with no consideration of the neighbours." There were also concerns about the easement, which is currently the subject of a civil suit.
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