Canadian Pacific Salmon Arm station - 4 Jun 2009 Ron Reiring.

23 November 2011

Four Owners Opposed to Heritage Register

Salmon Arm British Columbia - Twenty more locations have been chosen for addition to the Salmon Arm Community Heritage Register, four of which would rather not be included.
 
Council will be making a decision on the 20 proposed sites at its 28 Nov 2011 meeting following a public input session starting at 7 p.m.
 
Harrison explained that the heritage register is different from a heritage designation.
 
With the heritage register, if an owner decides to demolish or move their house, when they come to the front counter of city hall for a permit, staff would tell them they need council's permission. The request would then go to the next meeting of council where the owner and any community member would have an opportunity to speak. Then council would make a decision.
 
"For the most part it's a negotiation between the owner of the house and council," Harrison said. "If council says to the owner of the house, we don't want you to demolish it, council could say we would like to help you move it to Haney Park. It wouldn't just be council saying no you can't do it."
 
The 20 properties include the CPR station.
 
The four properties opposed to inclusion are:  the CPR station, the Salmar Classic, the Turner House, and the J. Ellis Wood House.
 
Both Couns. Kevin Flynn and Debbie Cannon voted against including the four in the register, although Flynn and Mayor Marty Bootsma said they don't support the CPR getting off the list.
 
Editor's Note:  This article has been abridged.