{
 "answer": "The City of Markham, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19, verified 2026-10-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001620",
 "municipality": "Markham",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.markham.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://pub-markham.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=84399",
   "summary": "Markham Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2024-19 limits short-term accommodation to stays under 30 days, no more than 180 days a year, in the host's principal residence (definition). It is prohibited on hazardous lands (s.4.7) and cannot be run as a home occupation. STR licensing is under Markham's separate licensing by-law.",
   "discovered_by": "onab-str-refile",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "076fb6cd1389165d79c0302c830671844f1fd49f592cd27b1624e6788d67734f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2024-19",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/076fb6cd1389165d79c0302c830671844f1fd49f592cd27b1624e6788d67734f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "owner_occupancy_required": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "owner_occupancy_required": "principal residence of the proprietor"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/markham/zoning/bylaw-2024-19/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/markham/short-term-rentals/"
}