Read the agreement.
In 2025, the City of Charlottetown agreed to pay $4.8 million for Boulder Park. The transaction included restrictive covenants affecting the use and zoning of the property. Residents should be able to read the source document for themselves.
The City signed the restrictive covenants
The execution page records the City of Charlottetown as grantee and contains signature lines for Mayor Philip Brown and Acting CAO Sue Fraser, expressly acknowledging the restrictive covenants contained in Schedule B.
What Schedule B says
Schedule B says the property is to remain green space or parkland. It also contains a separate restriction dealing expressly with zoning amendments and changes in use.
“…no amendment to the zoning of the Property or a change in its use shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Grantor and the Executive Council of the province of Prince Edward Island.”
What is clear from the document
The agreement says the land must remain green space or parkland and that a zoning amendment or change in use requires prior written consent from the Grantor and PEI Executive Council.
What still requires legal review
A separate legal question is whether, and to what extent, such a private covenant can lawfully constrain the statutory planning discretion of present or future Charlottetown councils. I have called for independent legal review.
Questions that should be answered
March 25, 2025Council approved the $4.8-million acquisition.
April 11, 2025The agreement containing the restrictive covenants was signed on behalf of the City.
2026Council later considered whether a bylaw could give the City more control over Boulder Park.
What did Council authorize?
Was the final restrictive covenant expressly presented to and authorized by Council before execution?
What was Council told?
What briefing materials and legal advice, if any, were provided concerning the zoning and change-of-use restrictions?
Why seek more control in 2026?
If Council fully understood the restrictions in 2025, what prompted the later effort to explore a bylaw giving the City more control?
Is the restriction enforceable?
That is a legal question. It should be answered by an independent municipal-law expert, not by campaign rhetoric.
Source documents and reporting
Complete Boulder Park agreement / deed (PDF)
City of Charlottetown — 2025 announcement
The Guardian — “Charlottetown mayoral candidates criticize Boulder Park purchase”
The Guardian — “Bylaw could give Charlottetown more control over Boulder Park, committee suggests”
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