{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000057",
 "municipality": "Kelowna",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://kelowna.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Short-Term Rental Accommodation Bylaw No. 11720",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-04-08",
   "document_url": "https://apps.kelowna.ca/CityPage/Docs/PDFs/Bylaws/Short%20Term%20Rental%20Accommodation%20Bylaw%20No.%2011720.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates short-term rental accommodation businesses and requires annual business licences ($345); governs STR operations, listing requirements, and principal-residence rules in Kelowna.",
   "capture_sha256": "f334ae5f378d5aef213f631506473ab60e9b9c220e76db6e95d636ed38d83ffd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f334ae5f378d5aef213f631506473ab60e9b9c220e76db6e95d636ed38d83ffd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "principal_residence_required": true,
    "fee": "$345.00 per year (type code 7316); pro-rated quarterly in first year of operation only",
    "platform_rules": "all marketing/listings must include valid licence number, approved sleeping unit count, and whether parking is provided",
    "operator_rules": "operator must designate a responsible person available 24 hours/day who must attend within 2 hours of request; operator must notify neighbours; no more than one booking at a time; keep guest registry available to Licence Inspector; annual self-evaluation safety audit required",
    "fine_range": "maximum $50,000.00 per instance or per day on summary conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.4.1 A person must not carry on business as an operator without a valid licence",
    "principal_residence_required": "s.4.2(e) evidence that dwelling unit is occupied by operator as their principal residence (unless exempt under Zoning Bylaw)",
    "fee": "s.4.3 annual fee $345",
    "platform_rules": "s.6.1 marketing must include licence number, approved sleeping unit count, whether parking provided",
    "operator_rules": "s.7.1 responsible person designated and available; s.8.1(g) available 24 hours/day, responds to nuisance complaint within 2 hours; s.8.1(n) guest registry; s.8.1(o) annual safety audit; s.8.1(p) no more than one booking at a time",
    "fine_range": "s.9.2 fine not exceeding $50,000.00"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/kelowna/short-term-rentals/text-f334ae5f378d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/kelowna/short-term-rentals/"
}