Whereas short-term rentals STRs are taking away from long-term rental housing stock and in turn contributing to the housing crisis in Burnaby; And whereas the Province intends to increase the maximum fine a local government may issue to any bylaw non-compliant operator from 1,000 to 3,000 per day utilizing the Municipal Ticket Information MTI system; And whereas under the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act LGBNEA, the current mechanism to enforce bylaws in Burnaby, a maximum fine of 500 per day is permitted, with no increase proposed by the Province: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM call upon the Province of British Columbia to permit the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act maximum bylaw violation penalty per day to be increased to 3,000; And be it further resolved that local governments have the ability to add unpaid bylaw violation penalties to property taxes, to better allow local governments to regulate short-term rentals.
