Heritage agreement proposed for home
The owners of a 107-year-old Kelowna house should be able to keep hosting weddings and corporate events, city officials say.
Donald McDonald and Linda ScottMcDonald have been renting their home, at 1449 Ethel St., for commercial purposes beyond those permitted at their licensed bed and breakfast, city staff say.
“(They) were unaware that the business licence did not include functions beyond the scope of a bed and breakfast,” planner Trisa Brandt writes in a report to be considered at Monday’s council meeting.
Staff propose the home’s owners enter into a heritage revitalization agreement with the city for the property. That would provide approval for the commercial ventures in exchange for the owners pledging to protect the heritage style of the home.
Built in 1910 for William Lloyd-Jones, a sawmill manager, the home is described in the city’s list of noteworthy old homes as a “very attractive house which illustrates well the changing styles of the first decade of the 20th century.”
The city is party to dozens of heritage revitalization agreements, which allow for certain commercial activities in areas where they would otherwise be prohibited, in exchange for the upkeep and preservation of buildings thought to have historic or architectural significance.