Prince Edward County Committee of the Whole accepted staff recommendations for an almost finalized new short-term accommodations (STA) regulatory regime on Thursday. The regime amounts to a restriction of new STA licenses to natural persons only (and not business entities), as well as a general prohibition on new STA licenses.<\/p>\n
There will be exceptions for those applied for by a primary resident or for creating a fully accessible STA. As well, the recommendation proposes the banning of new STAs in R3 (mixed-use) and R4 (smaller lot, affordable housing) zones regardless of above exceptions.<\/p>\n
Committee also heard a comment from Matt Pennock of Licensed Short-Term Accommodators of Prince Edward County. He expressed concerns over the natural persons restriction being too restrictive to those seeking to shield themselves from potential liability by forming a business entity. He also stated that the administrative penalty regime would punish licensed operators as much as unlicensed ones.<\/p>\n
Committee acknowledged the feedback and provided further direction to staff to refine the penalties regime to be more onerous on unlicensed STA operators. There will be a public planning committee meeting on June 15 for discussion of the zoning changes before the whole package goes to regular council on June 21.<\/p>\n
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