Agenda Package - City of Vernon

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AND FURTHER, that the proposed amendment bylaw and this report be referred for
comment to the association that covers tourist accommodation operations in Vernon and
the strata corporations and developers for the strata projects which have the short term
rental and permanent residency provisions.
ALTERNATIVES & IMPLICATIONS:
1. Council may not support any of the proposed amendments to the occupancy use ratio and
occupancy duration periods for short term accommodation and full time residency
provisions in the tourist commercial and resort commercial zones. The 30o/o[70o/o
occupancy ratio will remain forthe "apartment housing, tourist" use and the maximum 180
day per ienant per year limitation will remain for tourist accommodation units in an
"aþartment housing, tourist" project and for all units in "row housing, tourist", "four-plex,
tourist housing", "semi-detached, tourist housing" and "cottages, tourist" projects.
2. Council may support the discharge of the occupancy covenants without the development
cost charge (O.C.C.) top-up amount having to be paid prior to discharge approval. That
would mean that open space D.C.C.'s and the higher rate of other D.C.C.'s would not be
collected for a unit that can be used as a permanent residence. A lower rate was collected
when the unit was used for commercial purposes because the owner was considered to
live permanently in a unit that paid the higher residential D.C.C. rate.
3. Council may not support the proposal deletion of the maximum 240 day stay provision for
"hotels" and "motels".
ANALYSIS:
A. ns:
At its meeting of January 26,2010, the Advisory Planning Board reviewed the draft
report and adopted a resolution supporting the recommendations.
B. Rationale:
1. On several occasions, the City has received requests to delete lhe 300/0170%
occupancy use and 180 day per tenant per year occupancy term limitations related
to tourist oriented projects on lands with tourist commercial or resort commercial
zoning. ln light of these requests and as part of the current review of the
Waterfront Neighbourhood Plan, City Council has directed staff to provide a review
with recommendations regarding this matter.
2. The following analysis demonstrates that the deletíon of the occupancy use ratio
and occupancy term provisions for all the various tourist accommodation facilities
would make the City's provisions consistent with other tourist oriented
communities. lt would allow for similar rental ownership and use opportunities that
are found at Silver Star Resort. lt would allow for opportunities to have residents
year round in and adjacent to the commercial properties. Enforcement of the
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