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Tim Hortons over drive-through plan leaves bad taste for Kelowna city staff

Tim Hortons over drive-through plan leaves bad taste for Kelowna city staff | iNFOnews.ca
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TIMS COULD WALK IF IT DOESN'T GET WHAT IT WANTS

KELOWNA – A tussle over the drive-through might mean one fewer Tim Hortons in Kelowna.

City staff are recommending against allowing a development permit for Mission Group Commercial to construct a building to the specifications requested by potential tenant Tim Hortons.

Tims wants to run its drive-through line parallel to Airport Way, according to a report prepared by planner Adam Cseke, giving it greater capacity but potentially leaving a line of idling cars as the first thing a visitor sees when leaving Kelowna International Airport.

“The intersection of Highway 97 and Airport Way represents a high profile gateway area to and from the City of Kelowna,” he says.

Cseke says Tim Hortons wasn’t interested in a lower profile drive-through configuration, offering only to screen the line with shrubs and landscaping.

The area is governed by a comprehensive development agreement and council must consider each development permit application separately.

Cseke says city planners have begun a more strict interpretation of the guidelines around drive-throughs and for high-profile locations.

Kelowna city councillors will consider the request at the regular council meeting, 1:30  p.m., Feb. 1 at City Hall.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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By John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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