5th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2024) FIRST READING

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MS. KARIN KIRKPATRICK

BILL M 203 – 2024

SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS

AMENDMENT ACT, 2024

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

CLAUSE 1: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act,

section 1] amends the definition of "exempt land" and adds a definition of "land use regulation bylaw" and a definition of "zoning bylaw".

Section 1 of the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, S.B.C. 2023, c. 32, is amended

(

a) by repealing the definition of "exempt land" and substituting the following:

"exempt land" means

(

a) any land in respect of which a land use regulation bylaw or zoning bylaw permits the use of land for short-term rental accommodation services or similar services, or

(

b) prescribed land where the principal residence requirement does not apply; , and

(

b) by adding the following

definitions:

"land use regulation bylaw" , in relation to exempt land, has the same meaning as in

section 455 of the Local Government Act ;

"zoning bylaw" , in relation to exempt land, has the same meaning as zoning by-law in

section 559 of the Vancouver Charter .

CLAUSE 2: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act,

section 36] repeals the provision that establishes the authority to continue use does not apply.

Section 36 is repealed.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act,

section 1] amends the definition of "exempt land" and adds a definition of "land use regulation bylaw" and a definition of "zoning bylaw".

CLAUSE 2: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act,

section 36] repeals the provision that establishes the authority to continue use does not apply.

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