Reference ID: TUP2501
Application Type: Temporary Use Permit (TUP)
Respond by: February 25, 2025
Description: 15-bed shelter NE wing of building. Immediate, short-stay housing for anybody facing or at homelessness risk.
Civic Address: 2320 78th Avenue
Legal Description: Lot 1 District Lot 520 Similkameeen Division Yale District Plan 31349
Parcel Identifier (PID): 003-744-795
Zoning-Land Use: CU (Community Use)
OCP-Land Use: RN - Residential Neighbourhood
OCP-DPA: No Development Permit Area
Council Regular Meeting: March 3, 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT Council for the City of Grand Forks will consider an application from BC Housing for a 2-year Temporary Use Permit (TUP) at the Council Regular Meeting following the Committee of the Whole meeting at 10:00AM, on March 3, 2025, in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The proposed TUP is intended to allow the operation of a shelter to be used for immediate, short-stay accommodation for people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness in the Northeast portion of the building at 2320 78th Avenue. The shelter will provide 15 beds.
A copy of the proposed permit may be inspected between the hours of 9:00am and 3:00pm, at City Hall, until March 3, 2025. You may request a digital information package to be sent to you by email by sending your request to info@grandforks.ca.
If you would like to provide feedback, you can:
1. Send an email to info@grandforks.ca;
2. Send a written response by mail to: Box 220, Grand Forks, B.C. V0H 1H0; or
3. Submit a written response at City Hall: 7217 – 4th Street.
The deadline for submission of written feedback is February 25, 2025. PETITIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Your full legal name and address must be included in your written submission.
Please note that your comments and submission will form part of the public record.
