SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATION
A staff report from the Community Planner regarding the regulation of short-term rentals (STRs), reviewing current zoning prohibitions and best practices.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPORT
TO: Committee of the Whole DATE: November 4, 2021 FROM: J. Davison, MCIP RPP Community Planner MEETING DATE: November 9, 2021
SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATION
RECOMMENDATION
THAT the report dated November 4, 2021 from the Community Planner “Short Term Rental Regulation” be received for information.
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S COMMENTS
I concur with the recommendation. for KA
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES’ COMMENTS
I concur with the recommendation.
PURPOSE OF REPORT
The report provides information for Council regarding the regulation of short term rentals (STRs) within View Royal. The need for this report arose from a bylaw complaint in November 2020. This report reviews the challenges with the current language in the Zoning Bylaw, provides a resource with best practices and recommends Zoning Bylaw amendments to clarify the Town’s regulations around short term/vacation rentals.
BACKGROUND
A Short Term Rental (STR) is currently referred to as ‘vacation rental’ within the Town’s Zoning Bylaw and is often referred to by the name of the online rental platforms such as an ‘Airbnb’ or similar. A more accepted and accurate industry term is ‘short term rental’ or ‘STR’ and will be referred to as such moving forward.
Council’s position on STRs to date has been to prohibit them in residential zones; ‘vacation rental’ is currently a prohibited use within all zones in the Town’s Zoning Bylaw. As per the
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