To Ontario Landlords Association,
Thank you for your help with the short-term rental reviews:
Upcoming report
On April 1, 2019, the City of Vaughan Finance, Administration and Audit Committee (FAA) will consider and receive input from the public on a staff report proposing establishment of a regulatory regime for short-term rentals (STRs), including technical amendments to the City’s Zoning and Municipal Accommodation Tax regulations, and the creation of a licensing framework and related inspection processes.
Staff recommendations include:
To create a Short-Term Rentals by-law, to address a growing number of community concerns, including safety, nuisance and property standards issues, including:
the establishment of a regulatory framework that will place parameters around what constitutes a legal STR, ensure minimum standards are met, and require the maintenance of a valid municipal licence; and
the introduction of licensing fees for STRs, at an annual rate of $300 per property, and for STR brokers, an escalating fee structure, ranging between $500 and $10,000, based on numbers of properties managed.
To amend the Zoning By-law 1-88, as amended, to define STRs and add provisions restricting them to one per property, only principal residences, and only in zones that permit residential uses.
To require that Short-Term Rental accommodations be subject to the City’s Municipal Accommodation Tax.
Meeting details
The public is invited to provide comments with respect to this matter at the FAA meeting:
Monday, April 1, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
Vaughan City Hall, 2nd floor, Committee Rooms 242/243
2141 Major Mackenzie Dr., Vaughan
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Vaughan members please organize in the Private Members Forum.
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The Short-Term Rentals report committee date has been rescheduled to the following meeting:
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Monday, May 6, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
Vaughan City Hall, 2nd floor, Committee Rooms 242/243
If approved by Committee, the proposed amendments and recommendations will be presented for adoption at the Council meeting of Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 1 p.m.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused; the intent of rescheduling is to provide more ample time for the public to review the report.