{"id":49991,"date":"2022-04-14T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/?p=49991"},"modified":"2025-07-13T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:13:56","slug":"change-of-course-in-short-term-rentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/change-of-course-in-short-term-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of course in short-term rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sensitive to the many complaints received, council repealed the Short-Term Rental Policy at the last municipal meeting on April 6. This policy, dating from 2013, proposed certain rules, but was not binding and was contrary to the zoning by-law by allowing short-term rentals on all but one street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoning by-law number 115-2<\/a> defines the zones in which commercial accommodation activities are permitted. Therefore, short-term rentals of secondary residences will now only be permitted in zones where the C507 use is authorized. The C507 use defines places that allow short-term rentals as “hotel establishments where the primary activity is the accommodation of transient and short-stay guests, such as tourist homes and inns with fewer than 15 rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Since the expansion of short-term rentals and Airbnb, the government has separated short-term rentals into two categories,” the mayor explained during the council meeting, “On the one hand, rentals considered as a commercial activity, which apply to secondary residences, and on the other hand, non-commercial rentals, which apply to primary residences and fall under other standards. The Town cannot prohibit short-term rentals, but it can regulate them with a specific by-law. This is what we want to do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New rules effective immediately<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pending the adoption of a by-law specifically dedicated to short-term rentals, Council has decided on the following temporary rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n