Since the launch of the Prince Edward County short-term accommodation map in early October there have been no reported incidents.
This, according to Prince Edward County Director of Community Services Todd Davis and Chief Administrative Officer Marica Wallace.
The topic came up at Tuesday’s council meeting under the CAO’s third quarter report.
Davis said that the map, which was met by plenty of pushback from STA owners when it came to council for a decision earlier in the year, hasn’t caused any reported issues.
The STA owners had strongly resisted the idea when it originally came up, citing their own safety and that of their properties among other issues.
Nonetheless the map came to be and was officially launched last month so anyone can see an accurate map of how many STAs there are in the county and where they are.
Davis said that there have been complaints still, but no report of serious incidents.
“I have one piece of correspondence that I’ve received since the map has been published, I mean, I’ve certainly heard a lot of … grumbling, about the map, but I have had one piece of correspondence from an STA owner who has some concerns related to people driving by their property. Other than that I haven’t heard of any sort of incidents and I haven’t heard from the OPP that there’s been any sort of reported police incidents and we do keep in regular contact with them related to matters regarding tourism management. We haven’t heard of any actual ‘on-the-ground’ incidents but we have heard of some concerns by some of the owners related to the public passing by their properties taking photos.”
You can view the county’s STA map by clicking here.
