Short-Term Rental (STR) Regulation: Tiny Township’s Contentious STR By-Law
Short term rentals (STRs) have put residents and investors at odds all over Canada, but Tiny Township in Ontario recently took center stage.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from an application judge’s decision regarding the validity of a By-Law that regulated STRs. The dismissal upheld municipalities’ broad authority to regulate STRs through licensing, without crossing the line into zoning or outright prohibition.
So I brought in Matt Hodgson, Senior Associate at Barriston Law, who represented Tiny Township, to give his perspective from inside the issue.
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