A new report for the Emergency and Protective Services Committee says the city has issued just over 800 short-term permits for properties in Ottawa, while Airbnb registered at least 12 property management firms or individual managers.
The memo, written by Bylaw Services Director Roger Chapman, says the city refused permits to 46 applicants for various reasons during the first year, "most often because the property is not the applicant's primary residence or because it is not zoned accordingly."
The city implemented the Short-Term Rental Bylaw in June 2022, with staff saying the regulations would help manage community nuisance issues arising from short-term rental activity and "protect housing inventory for residential use." The bylaw requires property owners to obtain a permit, which costs $110 for two years, if they planned on renting out their principal residence or part of a residential unit for a period of less than 30 days.
The memo says Bylaw Services enforcement of the short-term rental bylaw includes "thorough investigations by officers," monitoring the platform and removing non-compliant listings from Airbnb. Prior to the launch of the Short-Term Rental Bylaw, an individual analysis commissioned by the city indicated that there could be as many as 1,236 dedicated short-term rentals operating in the city. Chapman says the current data indicates that there are two permitted dedicated short-term rentals and 23 permitted cottage rentals.
Between June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023, there were 1,162 bylaw service requests associated with permitted short-term rental locations. Statistics show 148 noise complaints, 92 property standards complaints and 15 service requests for on-site parking.
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