ROLL CALL

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1. Single Room Accommodation (SRA) By-law Status Update and Amendments

Vancouver City Council, at its meeting on November 17, 2009, approved the following motion, which includes a referral to a public meeting in order to hear from speakers:

THAT Council approve the amendments to the Single Room Accommodation By-law in principle, generally in accordance with Appendix A of the Administrative Report dated October 21, 2009, entitled “Single Room Accommodation (SRA) By-law Status Update and Amendments”, including:

a) Prohibiting the nightly rental of up to 10% of designated rooms, and allowing rentals of up to 10% of the designated rooms, on a less than monthly basis, only as permitted by the Chief License Inspector in case of emergency;

b) Removing the exemption for commercial hotels from the by-law requirements;

c) Allowing for accessory or amenity space that is not subject to conversion requirements;

d) Allowing an owner to fulfill the conditions of approval for an SRA Conversion/Demolition Permit within the later of 12 months after receiving notice of those conditions and the date the development permit lapses;

e) Removing certain properties from Schedule A as a result of approval of an exemption or issuance of an SRA Conversion/Demolition Permit or because the by-law does not apply to them;

f) Recording changes in civic addresses in Schedule A to the By-law, generally in accordance with Appendix A of the above-noted report; and

g) Improving the administration of and promoting compliance with the By-law, generally in accordance with Appendix A of the above-noted report; and

FURTHER THAT Council authorize the Director of Legal Services to prepare a by-law amending the Single Room Accommodation By-law, generally in accordance with Appendix A of the above-noted report, for referral to a public meeting on December 15, 2009, at 7:30 pm, following the format of a public hearing, to provide an opportunity for persons to make their views known to Council.

The previously distributed Administrative Report dated October 21, 2009, [] is resubmitted for information.

Note from Meeting Coordinator: the proposed amended SRA By-law is available on the Housing Centre's webpage

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