Consideration of Bylaws Council adopted Security Alarm System Bylaw No. 10-43, 2026; Municipal Ticket Information Amendment Bylaw No. 43-24, 2026; and Fees and Charges Amendment Bylaw No. 44-20, 2026. The intent of the new Security Alarm System Bylaw is to reduce excessive false alarm calls, limit the impact on police resources, and ensure the costs…

Public Submissions Following an opportunity for members of the public to provide their input, Council adopted Airport Development Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 22-4-23, 2026, to provide tax exemptions for new indoor recreational and/or commercial developments at the Kamloops Airport. Businesses that are considered industrial under Zoning Bylaw No. 55—such as contracting services, warehousing, wholesale…

Reports to Council Jeff Putnam, the City’s Parks and Streets Manager, provided Council with information on the estimated cost, proposed scope, and operational impacts associated with re-establishing maintenance of select non-City-owned lands for the remainder of 2026.   Administration has identified a proposed maintenance program and estimated cost of $38,000 to re-establish maintenance for select non-City-owned…

Reports to Council Lewis Hill, the City’s Financial Services Manager, provided Council with a report seeking authorization to set up short-term borrowing for two major capital projects while staff finalize legally required engagement with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District before long-term borrowing can be put in place.  Council authorized Administration to borrow from the Municipal Finance Authority of British…

Reports to Council Maria Mazzotta, the City’s Corporate Officer, provided Council with a report seeking authorization to proceed with a petition process to re-establish the business improvement area for the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association for a five-year period, in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 7, Division 5 – Local Service Taxes. Council authorized the…

Reports to Council Stephen Bentley, the City’s Community Planning Manager, provided Council with background on Agricultural Land Reserve policies and decisions and their impact on land use planning in Kamloops. The Agricultural Land Reserve takes precedence over local land-use legislation, meaning the City must ensure plans and bylaws affecting Agricultural Land Reserve land comply with provincial requirements and…

Consideration of Bylaws Council adopted Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 55-112, 2026, to accommodate the final phase of a three-hotel building development at the corner of Hugh Allan Drive and Pacific Way. Read the full June 23, 2026, report here.  View the full Council Highlights for this meeting

Consideration of Bylaws Council adopted Development Cost Charges Amendment Bylaw No. 48-105, 2026, rescinding first, second, and third readings of an earlier amendment bylaw and now passing a version without exemptions that were unauthorized under provincial legislation. Specifically removed are clauses that cap the maximum development cost charges for a residential development and a clause…

Consideration of Bylaws Council adopted Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 55-120, 2026, and Housing Agreement Bylaw No. 64-13, 2026, to allow the property at 772 Battle Street West, owned by the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, to be used as a short- or long-term rental for two specific groups: out-of-town patients and their family members, and medical learners doing clinical rotations or…

Consideration of Bylaws Council adopted Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 55-119, 2026, to align the bylaw’s density regulations with provincial legislation and align building height regulations with KAMPLAN: City of Kamloops Official Community Plan.   Read the full June 23, 2026, report here.   View the full Council Highlights for this meeting

Public Submissions Council authorized a resolution of support for Kamloops Virtual Golf, located at 141 Lorne Street, to amend their liquor primary licence area and increase capacity from 30 people to 50. The applicant submitted a building permit application in May 2026 to expand their virtual golf business into the existing vacant commercial space in the adjacent building…