City of Penticton, B.C. to clean up ‘unsightly, untidy, offensive’ heritage home debris – Okanagan

Seven months after a devastating fire destroyed a historic building in Penticton, British Columbia, the charred remains have yet to be cleaned up.

The owner of the house had been given a deadline to clean up the property, but the deadline had passed and the city had to intervene.

“The City of Penticton is currently in the process of issuing a request for bids to do the work,” the city of Penticton said in an email to Global News.

“The costs will be recovered from the property owner.”

The city council has ordered the owners to remove all debris and hazardous materials, level the site and make it safe by mid-July.

They were granted an extension but missed the subsequent deadline.

Global News spoke with Blake Laven, Director of Development Services for the City of Penticton, about the delay in June.

“The owners’ thoughts are certainly mindful that they are going through a very difficult time losing structure,” Laven said in June.

“We understand they are having trouble getting insurance companies to help clean up, and that has been the situation since March.”

City officials deemed the home “unsightly, untidy and disgusting” and as a result was declared a “nuisance requiring remedial action.”

The decision was spurred by several complaints from neighbors about debris.

“Most of the things that led us to go to Congress to request a corrective action order were complaints from the public and neighbors dealing with a very unsightly property next door,” Raven said at 6. said in the month.

Operating as a bed and breakfast, Warren House was built in 1912 along Penticton’s iconic Lakeshore Drive. Warren House is he one of his two CPR buildings still standing in the community.

In early March, witnesses said they heard an explosion before the house caught fire.

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