{
 "answer": "The City of Abbotsford, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (No. 2400-2014) - Section 330 (Suburban Residential Zone SR), incl. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3670-2025, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000002",
 "municipality": "Abbotsford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.abbotsford.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (No. 2400-2014) - Section 330 (Suburban Residential Zone SR), incl. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3670-2025",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400330",
   "summary": "Consolidated zone-chapter PDF (opened and text-extracted) listing 'Short-Term Rental Accommodation' as a permitted accessory use in single-detached-dwelling zones, added by Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3670-2025. STR operators must also hold a City business licence.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "bylaws-bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/073be2fa7d849206e6836f26c293ff4fbe697ae104b6ba159393b0d46daff338.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/abbotsford/short-term-rentals/text-073be2fa7d84/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Short-Term Rental Operator's Guidebook (July 2025) | City of Abbotsford",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.abbotsford.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-07-16%20-%20STR%20Operator's%20Manual.pdf",
   "summary": "City-published guide (not itself a bylaw) explaining STR business-licence requirements, the principal-residence rule, provincial registry number, and parking/fire-safety standards residents ask about.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "fda107274d6103991f64496997dc1b88357e05d673165bbedb67b902c6335ce3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fda107274d6103991f64496997dc1b88357e05d673165bbedb67b902c6335ce3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/abbotsford/short-term-rentals/text-fda107274d61/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/abbotsford/short-term-rentals/"
}