By Lyonel Doherty, Times Chronicle
The Lakeside Resort in Oliver is planning to modernize its underground services and is seeking an exemption for $114,000 worth of development cost charges.
Resort co-owner Paul Bouchard made a recent presentation to council through his agent Tom Szalay.
Szalay said there will be no new development on site, only renewed power, water and sewer infrastructure. He noted that individual sewer hookups will be installed to service 54 campsites.
Szalay said the campsite is not being expanded in any way.
He quoted the Local Government Act which states that development costs charges are not payable if the development does not impose new capital cost burdens on the municipality.
Szalay said the proposed plumbing changes will not result in new peak capacity demands on any of the town’s systems.
Mayor Martin Johansen expressed his belief that the proposed infrastructure will indeed increase sewage flows from the resort. He said RV users will not leave the campsite with their sewage tanks full; they will dump them before checking out.
Councillor Petra Veintimilla said she finds it very hard to see how this project will not result in some sort of incremental increase in sewage flows.
After hearing the presentation, council made no decision on the matter.
