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Zoning Bylaw Excerpts
Bed and Breakfast / Short-Term Rental
Published: 2024 04 02
Updated:
This zoning bylaw excerpt is provided for convenience only and is e not a substitute for the Town's
bylaws.
Excerpts of Section 9 Specific Use Regulations
9.2
Bed and Breakfast
1) Bed and Breakfasts shall:
a. be an Accessory Use within a Single Detached Dwelling or a Duplex;
b. be permitted only when operated by a Permanent Resident residing in the Dwelling
Unit while the Bed and Breakfast use is occurring ;
c. be permitted only where a Residential Use occupied by a Permanent Resident is
occurring in the Dwelling Unit in which the Bed and Breakfast use is occurring ;
d. in a residential Zone, have up to three Sleeping Units for guests with a maximum of
two guests per Sleeping Unit for a maximum of 6 guests;
e. in a commercial Zone have up to eight Sleeping Units for guests with a maximum of
two guests per Sleeping Unit for a maximum of 16 guests;
f. not change the residential character or external appearance of the Single Detached
Dwelling;
g. not be permitted on a Lot where a Child Care, Home; Home Based Business Class
2; or Short Term Rental use is operating;
h. not be permitted on a Lot where a Detached Secondary Residential Dwelling exists.
i. be permitted one Sign in accordance with the Sign Bylaw;
j.
be in accordance with Section 8 [parking and loading regulations].
9.6
Short Term Rentals
1) Short Term Rentals shall:
a. be an Accessory Use within a Single Detached Dwelling or a Duplex on a single
titled Lot ;
b. be permitted only when operated by a Permanent Resident residing in a Dwelling
Unit on the Lot while the Short Term Rental use is occurring;
c. be permitted only where a Residential Use occupied by a Permanent Resident is
occurring in a Dwelling Unit on the Lot other than the Dwelling Unit in which the
Short Term Rental use is occurring;
d. not change the residential character or external appearance of the Single Detached
Dwelling or Duplex;
e. not exceed one Short Term Rental per Lot;
f. not be permitted on a Lot where a Child Care, Home; Home Based Business Class
2; or Bed and Breakfast use is operating
g. not be permitted on a Lot where a Detached Secondary Residential Dwelling exists;
h. in a residential zone, have a maximum of three Sleeping Units within any Dwelling
Unit and a maximum of 6 guests within any Dwelling Unit at any one time;
i. in a commercial zone, utilize a maximum of 3 Sleeping Units within any Dwelling
Unit and a maximum of 8 guests within any Dwelling Unit at any one time;
j.
be in accordance with Section 8 [parking and loading regulations];
k. As a limited exception to the requirements set out in Sections 9.6.1(a) to (g), a lawful
Dwelling Unit in the C1, C2, C3, C4 and C6 zones may be used for Short Term
Rental use when the Dwelling Unit is not occupied for Residential Use.
Zones
STRs and Bed and Breakfasts are permitted in the R1, R1-S, R1-D, R2, R2-A, R5 and C5
zones.
In the C1, C2, C3, C4 and C6 commercial zoned dwelling units a short term rental can be
operated without the permeant resident requirement.
Excerpts of Table 8.1 Minimum Parking Requirements
USE
VEHICLE
Bed and Breakfast Home
1 per Sleeping Unit to a max of 3,
plus 2 for the Principal Unit
Duplex
2 per Dwelling Unit
Single Detached Dwelling
2 per Dwelling Unit
Short Term Rental in a Single Detached Dwelling or ½ Duplex
1 per Sleeping Unit to a max of 3,
plus 2 for the Principal Dwelling
Unit
Short Term Rental in C1, C2, C3, C4 and C6 zones
1 per Dwelling Unit
Excerpts of relevant definitions
"Bed and Breakfast" means the commercial use of a Single Detached Dwelling by a Permanent
Resident of the Dwelling Unit to provide temporary accommodation in the form of
Sleeping Units in the Dwelling Unit to the travelling public, while the operator continues to
reside in the Dwelling Unit, and where the room rate may include meals.
"Duplex" means a residential Building designed exclusively to accommodate two households
living independently in separate Dwelling Units above, below or beside each other, each
having a separate entrance. This type of Development is designed and Constructed as two
Dwelling Units that share a common foundation and roof structure. The Building could be
located on one or two Lots with ownership types being either fee simple or strata.
"Dwelling Unit" means a self-contained accommodation for one or more persons containing
cooking, eating, living, sleeping, and sanitary facilities used or intended to be used
permanently for a household.
"Secondary Residential Dwelling, Detached" means a self-contained Secondary Residential
Dwelling, separate and accessory to a Single Detached Dwelling, may be further classified
as either a Garden Suite or Coach House.
"Permanent Resident" means, in respect of any Dwelling Unit or Lot, a person who normally
resides in a Dwelling Unit or on the Lot as their permanent residence, and for these
purposes a person cannot normally reside at more than one location within the Town.
"Principal Building" means the primary Building on a Lot in which a Permitted Use is
conducted, for example: in a residential Zone the Single Detached Dwelling would be the
Principal Building. No more than one Principal Building is permitted on a Lot unless
specifically provided for under this Bylaw.
"Principal Dwelling Unit" means the required primary Dwelling Unit located within a Single
Detached Dwelling that any secondary Dwelling Unit located on that same Lot is ancillary
to.
"Residential Use" means the use of a building or a part thereof as a Dwelling Unit by persons
as a fixed place of abode and as their primary residence from which they are absent only as a
part of a domestic routine including, without limitation, work and vacations.
"Secondary Residential Dwelling" means a self contained accessory Dwelling Unit either
detached or within a Single Detached Dwelling, containing sleeping, living, Kitchen and
sanitary facilities, accessible by a separate entrance, for use as a residence by a household.
"Secondary Suite" means a self-contained Secondary Residential Dwelling, located within a
Single Detached Dwelling.
"Short Term Rental" means the commercial use of a Dwelling Unit to provide temporary
accommodation to the traveling public.
"Single Detached Dwelling" means housing on a single titled Lot consisting of one Dwelling
Unit intended for use by one household, and may include a Secondary Suite where provided
for in accordance with this Bylaw.
"Sleeping Unit" means a habitable room not equipped with self-contained cooking facilities,
providing accommodation for guests.