Eleanor McCain, a musician and daughter of one of the founders of the McCain Foods empire, says she’s run into roadblocks trying to open businesses in Peggys Cove, N.S. And she wants the province to step in before the iconic seaside village enters tourist season.
McCain says she’s undertaken major renovations on some of the six properties she owns along Peggys Point Road.
But only one, a gift shop, is zoned as commercial. It opened this year.
The Peggy’s Cove Commission has denied McCain’s requests for exemptions for the remaining five, while a new land-use bylaw is being drafted.
The province has declined to step in so far.
McCain owns two parcels of land
