At tonights Town of Milton Council meeting we will be having a public meeting on an upcoming staff report to regulate short term rentals.
Over the last few years, the issue of short term rentals has come up on a number of occasions in both the urban and rural areas. In some cases in ward 3, properties are being used as “Party Houses” in residential areas. I was witness to a full sized bus dropping off close to 75 people to one house and in turn there was local property damage, loud music and a huge disruption in the neighbourhood due to excess noise and “other activities”
Council recently asked staff to come up with guidelines for future uses of short term rentals in Milton to avoid these problems that do come up. Trying to balance the right of the homeowner to rent out their property and the rights of the surrounding neighbourhood is difficult and we’re asking Milton residents what they think.
Ban them? What kinds of restrictions should be put in place? It’s all up for discussion.
Here is a link to the report we have so far and after this meeting tonight, and via Lets Talk Milton website, they will come back to council on June 20th with the final report. There are already some delegations set up but being a public meeting, you can have your say tonight. If you cant make the meeting tonight, please feel free to email me your comments mike.cluett@milton.ca
As we inch closer to the summer months and higher demands for services like Air BNB, Vrbo and others its important we establish some clear guidelines to protect local neighbourhoods and the property owners themselves.
Tune in tonight via YouTube to watch the meeting here.
I’ll see you at the doors.
There needs to be more control for these places… especially in the rural areas. Farms listed as Air bnbs when weddings are being held there. It’s a convention centre, not a air bnb … a farm isnt a bnb when hundreds of cars are parked there for one event.
Who cares what people do on their property ! So the owners had a big party. Stop trying to control peoples lives. The town has no business in this area. What a nightmare the town is creating.
I appreciate your comments Daphne but it’s not the fact people are renting out their houses that’s the issue. When a home in a residential neighbourhood has 2 buses filled with party goers descend on it, disrupt the area with noise, and damage there needs to be some restrictions. This has happened many times over the last few years on street a block away from Craig Kielberger SS.
If someone wants to rent out their primary residence and accept the responsibility that is fine by many people. It’s the absentee owners who have no stake in the community and don’t have to answer for the actions of those who rent the property need to be held into account.