{"id":97217,"date":"2023-09-06T13:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=97217"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:53:32","slug":"stricter-controls-wanted-for-str-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/justice-faits-divers\/stricter-controls-wanted-for-str-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Stricter controls wanted for STR operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

As short-term vacation rentals become more popular through online promotors like AirBnB, demands for stricter controls over these types of businesses is also increasing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t experienced the problem here yet,\u201d said Councillor Jeanne Charlebois, \u201cbut it\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The councillor referred to a copy of a letter from Fort Erie town council reviewed during the August 28 session of Hawkesbury council. The letter was sent to Premier Doug Ford and noted the increasing popularity of online outfits like AirBnB and VRBO in promoting short-term rental (STR) accommodations for people planning their vacation, a business conference, or some other activity.<\/p>\n

These sites provide global listings of properties available for short-term rental, ranging from a day or two to several weeks or even months. The sites provide contact information for the owner of the STR but no other guarantees or conditions for the person who owns the STR and the person who rents it.<\/p>\n

Fort Erie council noted in its letter that the growing popularity of the STR business is creating a \u201cconcentration of ownership and proliferation of landlord corporations with minimal interest in or accountability to local communities.\u201d The letter also noted that there is often \u201clack of control over occupancy\u201d and an increase in the number \u201cnuisance infractions\u201d where STRs operate.<\/p>\n

East Hawkesbury Township and other municipalities in Ontario that have STRs operating in their community have had complaints from neighbouring homeowners about excessive noise during the day and in the early-morning hours from STR tenants using the place they rented as a \u201cparty house\u201d, There are also concerns about whether the waste disposal systms and other facilities of STRs are designed for the numbers of people they sometimes accommodate. Municipalities with STRs within their community have had to revise their zoning bylaws to place stricter operating conditions on the owners of STRs.<\/p>\n

Fort Erie council also expressed concern in its letter that the increasing popularity and demand for STRs will result in a decrease in the number of long-term rentals (LTR) available on the housing market and increases in rents for those LTRs still available. The concern is this would mean fewer rentals available at a reasonable cost for families and also for season workers who need a place to stay for several months while working on farms or summer or winter season tourism businesses.<\/p>\n

Fort Erie wants the provincial government to create new operating regulations for online businesses like AirBnB that promote and provide contact information for STRs. The regulations would demand that STR owners obey local municipal planning and licensing rules, forbid STR operators to advertise on these sites if their properties are not registered with the local municipality, and also that AirBnB and other such promotion platforms provide contacts for local and provincial governments to deal with any problems involving STR owners.<\/p>\n

Hawkesbury council voted to support the Fort Erie council resolution to the provincial government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As short-term vacation rentals become more popular through online promotors like AirBnB, demands for stricter controls over these types of businesses is also increasing. \u201cWe haven\u2019t experienced the problem here yet,\u201d said Councillor Jeanne Charlebois, \u201cbut it\u2019s coming.\u201d The councillor referred to a copy of a letter from Fort Erie town council reviewed during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":97218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice-faits-divers"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"\nStricter controls wanted for STR operations - Tribune-Express<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/justice-faits-divers\/stricter-controls-wanted-for-str-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stricter controls wanted for STR operations - 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