Prince Edward County council will have a special meeting Wednesday to make a decision on the application for expansion from Fourward Inc., the group that owns Quinte’s Isle Campark.
The application is for rezoning on 32.8 hectares of land to the east of the “Pebble Beach West” part of Quinte’s Isle Campark.
The expansion would allow for 337 new seasonal trailer sites in a new addition to Quinte’s Isle to be named “Pebble Beach East”. The campark is split into separate areas called Salmon Point Road, Limestone Acres and Pebble Beach West.
County staff are recommending that the application for the zoning by-law and Official Plan amendments be approved.
The decision was set to happen at a meeting in January, but was pushed back to accommodate further consultation with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and the Hurton-Wendat First Nation.
In consultation, the MBQ identified some areas of concern including the hunting, gathering and fishing rights in the county, impacts on nearby provincially significant wetlands, stress on Lake Ontario and a desire for the completion of the stage three archaeological assessment.
Archaeological studies were the main concern identified by the Hurton-Wendat First Nation.
One overarching issue the public has with the development is the land’s proximity to two provincially significant wetlands with Salmon Point to the west and Soup Harbour to the east.
County council has documented comments from the public. To date there have been 143 total comments with 131 deemed “unsupportive”, two deemed “supportive” and 10 deemed “neutral”.
Fifty-nine people identified natural heritage or environment as a concern, 40 people identified traffic or road access, 39 people identified infrastructure or servicing, 37 people identified cultural heritage and 34 identified size or density.
After the meeting January 19, the applicant amended the application to include a 30-metre setback from the Soup Harbour wetlands.
The special meeting begins Wednesday at 6 p.m. via zoom.