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 "answer": "The City of Nanaimo, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (short-term rental provisions), verified 2026-08-23.",
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 "municipality": "Nanaimo",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
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   "document_url": "https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf",
   "summary": "Amended 2022-FEB-07 to permit and regulate short-term rentals (stays under 30 days) in residential zones: max 4 guests, max 2 guest bedrooms, all guest parking must be off-street/on-site, strata authorization required where applicable.",
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   "title": "City of Nanaimo to require business licences for Short Term Rentals (news release)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-03-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.nanaimo.ca/NewsReleases/NR220311CityOfNanaimoToRequireBusinessLicencesForShortTermRentals.html",
   "summary": "Official announcement of Council's 2022-FEB-07 adoption of zoning/business-licence amendments requiring STR operators to hold a City business licence, effective for applications starting 2022-APR-01.",
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   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.nanaimo.ca/doing-business/business-licences/short-term-rentals",
   "summary": "Official city page explaining STR business-licence requirement ($165/yr), that fines run $500/infraction/day, and that zoning/parking/business-licence/bylaw-notice-enforcement bylaws were all amended together to regulate STRs.",
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