Prince Edward County council will face a resolution that may clear up some of the issues with the current Short-Term Accommodation (STA) licensing program at Tuesday’s meeting.
The resolution, if approved, would see council rescind the current STA by-law and enact a newer, clearer one with distinctions between types of STAs.
The draft by-law offers clear definitions of bed and breakfast, owner-occupied and whole home STAs.
In the staff report, a bed and breakfast is defined as:
“A Short–Term Accommodation in a single detached dwelling in which the owner and operator occupies the dwelling, which provides no more than four guest rooms for the temporary accommodation of the travelling public, and which offers daily breakfast meals to accommodated guests and operates as one household unit.”
An owner-occupied STA is defined as:
“A Short–Term Accommodation in a dwelling or dwelling unit, that is located on the same lot as the dwelling or dwelling unit, that the owner and operator has designated as their principal residence on their income tax filing and in other government records.”
A whole home STA is defined as:
“A Short–Term Accommodation in which one- or two-dwelling units on the property are entirely occupied by accommodated guests.”
The idea behind the clearer distinctions is that it wold make it easier to enforce regulations.
Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m.
