The Village of Telkwa is hosting a workshop to help answer questions around secondary suites.
It is the third one being put on after the province made changes to regulations, requiring municipalities to increase housing density.
“The village Housing Needs Assessment reviled there was a lack of housing in Telkwa, particularly smaller units and secondary suites provide really good opportunity to fill that void,” said Development Services Coordinator Scott Beeching.
He added response to the workshops has been positive with participants able to ask questions and learning how to find information about secondary suites on the village’s website.
According to the village, a secondary suites include a basement suite, granny flat, laneway house or carriage house.
Some of the main ones that have been asked include if an owner is allowed to have a secondary suite, if building permits are required, municipal services, and the number and type of suites.
“We haven’t seen any applications for new suites in the last couple months. We did have some that were in progress which building permits have been issued for but nothing new from the workshops,” Beeching said.
The event runs on December 3rd from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the village council chambers.
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