Now Accepting Applications for Short-Term Rental Business Licences
April 4, 2018
The City is now accepting Business Licence applications for short-term rental businesses.
New regulations allow short-term rentals for eligible operators subject to a Business Licence and compliance with operating requirements.
Eligible operators must have a Short-Term Rental Business Licence.
You are eligible if:
- Your short term rental is your principal residence – the whole home on occasion (for example, when you are on vacation), or up to two bedrooms in your home with shared kitchen and living spaces. This does not include a self contained suite, except for when a renter (with owner's permission) rents out a suite (their principal residence) on occassion. For more information, view Schedule D - Home Occupations [PDF - 49 KB].
- You own a legally non-conforming unit where transient accommodation was a permitted use. Changes to the Zoning Bylaw now prohibit short-term rentals in residential units where "transient accommodation" was a permitted use in zoning. However, properties may be considered legally non-conforming under this use if they have been opearting a short-term rental in a transient accommodation zone prior to the zoning changes, and comply with strata regulations and operating requirements. If you have questions about your specific property, please contact Zoning at 250.361.0316
. However, please note that for properties in transient zones, legal non-confirming status cannot be confirmed until a Business Licence application is processed.