Pre-application Meetings

Objectives

The primary objective of the pre-application meeting is to have a formal process for applicants to present their development proposal to Development Planning Staff and obtain feedback prior to making a formal application. While highly encouraged, it is a voluntary process. Information provided to applicants does not offer a commitment or decision by City staff to support or not-support a proposal. 

What to expect

Pre-application meetings are intended for applications that are near formal submission, and would like to obtain more formal feedback from the City. Typically, pre-application meetings will involve review of a prepared set of drawings including a preliminary site plan, floor plans, and elevations. In addition to Development Planning, other departments such as Development Engineering will be circulated and in attendance when necessary.

The pre-application meeting is a venue to:

• Flag Zoning Bylaw issues like variances or interpretations;
• Form and Character comments from the 2040 Official Community Plan Design Guidelines;
• Information sharing for items like preliminary engineering comments, road dedications, linear corridors, policies applicable to the submission, additional reports or information required such as a pre-development tree inventory; and
• Any additional pertinent information.

For a meeting request please contact planninginfo@kelowna.ca or 250-469-8626