{
 "answer": "The City of Pickering, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Consolidated Zoning By-law No. 8149/24 (Dec 16, 2024), verified 2026-10-19.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001705",
 "municipality": "Pickering",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.pickering.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Consolidated Zoning By-law No. 8149/24 (Dec 16, 2024)",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-12-16",
   "document_url": "https://corporate.pickering.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=258309&dbid=1&repo=PICKERING",
   "summary": "Pickering Zoning By-law 8149/24, s.4.38: short-term rentals (28 days or less) allowed in residential, City Centre and Urban Reserve zones. Max one STR per dwelling; the dwelling must be the operator's principal residence; parking per Section 5; no change to the home's external appearance.",
   "discovered_by": "onab-str-refile",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-06",
   "capture_sha256": "f4c8d9b8ee161ba932596f81929a95bc536b76c364305c49dba1024e0a1583d3",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-07T02:30:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "8149/24",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f4c8d9b8ee161ba932596f81929a95bc536b76c364305c49dba1024e0a1583d3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "owner_occupancy_required": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "owner_occupancy_required": "s. 4.38(2): \"shall be the principal residence...of the person or persons operating\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/pickering/zoning/bylaw-8149-24/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/pickering/short-term-rentals/"
}