A quick orientation for anyone new to this file: where the site is, what the application would build, how the approval process works, and where to read every document yourself.
Two adjoining lots on Gordon Drive, immediately beside Okanagan Mission Secondary School and within walking distance of two elementary schools, a daycare, and DeHart Park.
Site: 4482 & 4498 Gordon Drive — two lots, roughly 1.6 hectares (about 4 acres), proposed to be consolidated.
Proposal: 65 row townhouses.
Today: zoned RU1 (Large Lot Housing); designated S-RES (Suburban Residential) in the OCP.
Proposed change: rezone to MF2 (Townhouse Housing); redesignate to S-MU (Suburban Multiple Unit).
Height: three storeys, topped with rooftop patios — four levels in all. The rooftop decks would look directly into the Okanagan Mission Secondary school grounds and over neighbouring back yards.
Access: a single driveway onto Gordon Drive, an arterial road already congested at school drop-off and pick-up.
This application bundles two changes the City must approve together, followed by a later design stage. Because it includes an OCP amendment, a public hearing is required — that hearing is the public’s main opportunity to be heard.
Change the long-range land-use designation from S-RES (Suburban Residential) to S-MU (Suburban Multiple Unit). This is the “big picture” change.
Change the zoning from RU1 (Large Lot Housing) to MF2 (Townhouse Housing). This is what sets how much can be built.
Because the application changes the OCP, a public hearing is required. Residents can submit written comments and speak for up to 5 minutes. This is the moment that matters most.
Council gives the bylaws further readings and, if it chooses, adopts them. Once adopted, the changes attach to the land permanently.
Detailed site design, landscaping and building form are handled at the Development Permit stage — largely procedural once the zoning is in place. The leverage is now, not then.
Everything on this site is drawn from public City of Kelowna documents, the applicant’s own materials, or BC statute. Verify any of it. The file number is OCP25-0023 / Z25-0053.
The City’s development-applications map. Search the site to open the file and the submitted materials.
Agendas, staff reports, minutes, and on-demand video — including the May 4, 2026 first reading and the June 23 hearing.
The City’s long-range land-use plan, adopted January 10, 2022.
The adopted bylaw text and consolidated amendments.
The City’s own explanation of the steps, readings, and public hearing.
The Province’s overview of what an OCP is and the legislation behind it.
Have a direct link to the application PDF, the May 4 staff report, or the hearing video? Email it to gordondriverezoning@gmail.com and we’ll add it here.