Regulations coming for short term rental properties in Grand Bend
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Those with short term rental properties in Grand Bend and elsewhere in Lambton Shores may soon have to follow a new set of rules.
Those with short term rental properties in Grand Bend and elsewhere in Lambton Shores may soon have to follow a new set of rules.
The municipality is set to implement a new bylaw to regulate short term rentals such as Airbnbs.
It’s a measure to address the sometimes uneasy relationship between permanent residents and visitors.
Grand Bend local Fred Smith, who lives year-round in a home just off of the main strip in the Bend, says most of the time the vacationers are just fine, but that’s not always the case.
“Oh a family is okay, most of them are pretty good,” he says. “It’s just when they used to have them proms, they’d come in to town and wreck stuff. You know, that sort of thing. Noisy, rowdy, stealing, breaking things. But other than that, you know, most of them are pretty good.”
Among the rules in the proposed new bylaw are a $500.00 annual licensing fee, a cap of ten adults per unit, a parking plan, and a code of conduct.
Owner occupied properties would be exempt from the bylaw as long as there is no more than one rental unit on the property.
