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Request to pull Penticton property Agricultural Land Reserve rejected
Council voted 4-2 against sending the 1.37-hectare removal request to the Agricultural Land Commission, citing farmland protection and food security concerns.
It was a conflicted council that voted to reject a request to remove a Penticton property from the Agricultural Land Reserve. The owners of the property at 610 Pineview Rd. were hoping to get the city to put forward the request to the Agricultural Land Commission to remove 1.37 hectares of the property from the ALR for a 10-lot subdivision. The property has been the subject of three prior requests and tentative approvals from the ALC for develop…