Callander short-term renters, you may see some more regulations in the future. Callander’s council is in the early stages of deciding whether regulatory by-laws should be put in place to govern these businesses.
“It has a huge impact that people don’t realize on a community,” noted Mayor Robb Noon, speaking of short-term rentals. “That’s the issue. That industry has an impact, especially on small communities.”
Earlier this year, council asked staff to research short-term accommodations within the town and area and will be reaching out to neighbouring municipalities “to establish a common approach” for dealing with them.
Bonfield and West Nipissing have been working on by-laws to regulate these rentals, and East Ferris, after much work, passed its own by-law in the Spring of 2022.
See: Long term vision for short term rentals in West Nipissing
See: Bonfield will consider short-term rental by-law in official plan
“Recent communication with Chief Administrative Officers in surrounding municipalities has identified that we are not alone,” Callander’s municipal staff noted. “Many of our neighbouring municipalities are in the process of researching the same information.”
See: Paperwork highlights East Ferris’ short-term rental by-law
The plan is to set up a meeting in late October to discuss the issue and “come up with recommendations for regulations that could be applied to all the municipalities in this area,” staff said.
“It will be great to come up with a uniform plan,” Mayor Noon said.
David Briggs is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of BayToday, a publication of Village Media. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
