Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners are set to consider changes to the campground reservation system at Sunnyside Campground that would adjust the parameters on which confirmed reservations are updated and adjusted.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Cultus Lake Park Board

Cultus Lake Park Board could ban resale of Sunnyside Campground reservations

Jan 13, 2025 | 7:02 AM

CULTUS LAKE — Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners are set to consider changes to the campground reservation system at Sunnyside Campground that would ban the resale of reservations at the popular summertime venue.

According to agenda item 7a. on this Wednesday’s agenda, the five-member park board could give first, second and third (final) reading to amendments to its existing bylaws pertaining to Sunnyside Campground, which is managed by the park board.

Park board staff say a booking adjustment fee was previously added to compensate for staff time when reservation durations are shortened and extended, in addition to a fee for group site cancellations.

A staff report authored by Carly Volk, manager of Sunnyside Campground and accommodations, says staff used this opportunity to make changes that highlight compliance and enforcement while utilizing and implementing the bylaw throughout the 2024 camping season.

Staff are proposing that no person will sublet, assign or allow others to use their campsite. People who do so in contravention of the bylaw are subject to fines and/or eviction.

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Staff are also proposing that no person will advertise a campsite for sale, suggesting that these bylaw amendments were added due to an increase in reservations being sold through Facebook and other avenues.

Other key changes to the existing bylaw include regulations that all motor vehicles, RVs and trailers in Sunnyside Campground must be fully operable and fully insured. These sections have been incorporated to facilitate stronger enforcement when contraventions occur.

Joe Lamb, chief administrative officer for the park board, has signed off on the proposed bylaw amendments.

Park board commissioners will convene this Wednesday, January 15 at 7 p.m.