City of Kamloops begins process of changing short-term rental bylaws
KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops has begun the process of rewriting the community’s bylaws governing the use of short-term rentals, looking to fall in line with recent provincial legislative changes.
Council’s Committee of the Whole voted to approve a motion to permit short-term rentals for less than 30 days within the principal dwelling of an owner or in a residential suite. Currently, just 20 per cent of short-term rentals are permitted under city regulations.
“We would allow short-term rental accommodation less than 30 days within the owner’s principal residence or a suite. It’s that suite component that is different here than [the other option]. Allowing less than 30 days, you could rent out your suite, you could be on an AirBnB-type platform — that is the difference here. This would also allow short-term rentals in strata developments, provided that the strata signs off on it,” said Stephen Bentley, Community Planning Manager.
