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Names added to rezoning petition

On Monday, municipal council moved to receive an additional seven pages of a petition
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A petition in opposition to the Banks Crescent development proposal is continuing to gain signatures.

On Monday, municipal council moved to receive an additional seven pages of the petition.

The pages had been presented to municipal council on Feb. 27.

The written petition now has a total of 948 signatures.

Of the signatures, 774 are from Summerland addresses, 166 are from addresses outside of Summerland and eight do not have addresses provided.

Jeremy Denegar, director of corporate services for the municipality, said the written petition meets the requirements of the Community Charter and provincial government standards.

The petition organizers have also set up an online petition at sensiblesummerland.com.

This online petition, with 268 entries, does not meet the requirements of the Community Charter nor provincial government standards.

Of these, 133 are from Summerland residents who have provided their names and 101 are from people living outside the community. Another 34 entries are anonymous.

Denegar said the additional pages of the written petition have been received and filed. The online petition has been received, but the municipality is not publishing a copy of that petition.

An additional list of 166 petition signatures was also presented to council during the Monday meeting, although council has not yet voted to formally receive that list.