NO. 18-035

A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA

The purposes of this Bylaw are to amend the Zoning Regulation Bylaw by updating the home occupation provisions of Schedule D to allow short term rentals in principal residences.

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, in an open meeting assembled, enacts the following provisions:

1. This Bylaw may be cited as the “ZONING REGULATION BYLAW, AMENDMENT BYLAW (NO. 1147)”.

2.                (1) Bylaw No. 80-159, the Zoning Regulation Bylaw is amended in Schedule A – Definitions, by inserting a new definition of “Principal Residence” between the definition of “Preschool” and “Private Garage”, as follows:

““Principal Residence” means the usual place where an individual makes their home.”

 (2) Bylaw No. 80-159, the Zoning Regulation Bylaw is further amended in Schedule D – Home Occupations by:

(a)               in section 6(2),

(i)                  deleting the period at the end of paragraph (l) and replacing it with “; and”; and

(ii)                adding the following as the new paragraph (m):

“(m)  except as provided in Section 12, short-term rental.”

(b)               Adding the following as the new subsection (4) to section 8:

“(4) More than one person may operate a short-term rental in their principal residence.

(c)                adding the following as new subsections (5) and (6) to section 11:

“(5) A single family dwelling may be used for transient accommodation whether or not the property contains a secondary suite or garden suite provided however that only one transient accommodation use is permitted on the property.

(6) Transient accommodation is restricted to no more than two bedrooms and cannot occupy an entire self-contained dwelling unit.”

(d)               adding, immediately after section 11, the following new section 12:

“12 Subject to the following requirements, a short term rental is permitted as a home occupation in a principal residence.

(1)               subject to subsection (2), no more than two bedrooms may be used for short-term rental and the short-term rental cannot occupy an entire self-contained dwelling unit;

(2)               the entire principal residence may be used for a short-term rental only occasionally while the operator is temporarily away;

(3)               no liquor may be provided to short-term rental guests; and

(4)               no sign may be erected, used, or maintained for the purpose of advertising short-term rental.”

READ A FIRST TIME the          day of       2018

READ A SECOND TIME the          day of       2018

Public hearing held on the   day of       2018

READ A THIRD TIME the   day of        2018

ADOPTED on the     day of        2018

City Clerk    MAYOR