Addressing

Your address identifies where your property is in the City and is essential for emergency response services (Fire, Police and Ambulance).  It is critical that your address is clearly displayed so that your home can be found quickly.  Section 8 of Bylaw 2018-51 outlines requirements for address number visibility.

Guide to Displaying Your Address

As per Section 7.3 of Bylaw 2018-51, consideration will be given to changing an address in the following instances:

a)  Where a residential dwelling or other building is on a corner lot and faces a different street than what it is currently addressed,
b)  Where an owner objects to the existing street number as being culturally objectionable,
c)  For marketing purposes,
d)  In the case of a subdivision or redevelopment, where there is a need to accommodate additional addresses.

Please submit the request to planning@penticton.ca for review.  The fee to request an address change is $153.00.

New Street Names:

Often new streets are created from subdivision.  Names for new streets created by subdivision will be selected from the "Street Name Reserve List".  City Council approves the assignment of new street names.

Consideration of names to be added to the "Street Name Reserve List" will be given to names that portray a strong positive image and have historical, natural, cultural or societal significance or after persons who have made significant contributions to the community, province or country.

The name will be considered by the Arts, Creative, Cultural Innovations, Heritage and Museum Council Advisory Committee (or similarly empowered Council advisory committee) and they will provide a recommendation to Council for approval or denial.

Please refer to Section 9 of Bylaw 2018-51.

Please email your request to have a name added to the "Street Name Reserve List" to planning@penticton.ca. 

Street Name Change:

The 'Street Name Change' Council Policy outlines the steps for City initiated and Property Owner initiated requests to change a street name.

Street Name Change Council Policy

Planning Department
Phone:  250-490-2501
Email:  planning@penticton.ca