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SHORT-TERM RENTAL BY-LAW 1-88 REVIEW

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Original Notice from the City of Vaughan:

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On May 6, 2019, the Finance, Administration and Audit Committee considered a staff report and received public submissions on a proposed Licensing By-law and other regulatory changes to address Short-Term Rental (“STR”) accommodations in Vaughan. On May 14, 2019, Vaughan City Council ratified the Committee’s recommendations which included that staff be authorized to undertake any action required to implement the recommendations by making any amendments to related by-laws, which includes amending Zoning By-law 1-88 (“By-law 1-88”).

Section 34 of the Planning Act prescribes that council ensure that sufficient information and material is made available to enable the public to understand generally the zoning proposal that is being considered by council and that at least one public meeting is held for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity to make representations in respect of the proposed by-law.

This public meeting is the culmination of almost two years of research and public involvement regarding the STR accommodations issue and relates to the proposed amendment to By-law 1-88.

Your chance to provide feedback

A Public Hearing is being held to receive public input on the proposed amendment(s) to By-law 1-88 as it relates to Short-Term Rental accommodations. The Public Hearing offers anopportunity for the public to provide comments on the proposed By-law Amendment prior to its further consideration by the City of Vaughan Committee of the Whole.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (PUBLIC HEARING) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 AT 7:00 PM VAUGHAN CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER 2141 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO L6A 1T1

A hearing to receive public input on the proposed amendment will be held on:

A copy of the proposed amendment to By-law 1-88 will be posted on the City’s project webpage by the end of the day on September 10, 2019 at: www.vaughan.ca/shorttermrentals . Additional information on the Short-Term Rental amendment to Zoning By-law 1-88 review can also be obtained on the project webpage or from Bill Kiru at bill.kiru@vaughan.ca (905) 832-8585, ext.8633.

The corresponding staff report will be available by end of day September 10, 2019, via the City of Vaughan website at https://www.vaughan.ca/council/minutes_agendas/Pages/default.aspx . The staff report can also be obtained in-person during regular office hours from the Office of the City Clerk as of September 10, 2019.

Comments may be mailed to the Policy Planning and Environmental Sustainability Department at the address above or e-mailed to policyplanning@vaughan.ca prior to the meeting (please quote file name). Any personal information in a written comment is collected under the legal authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13 (as amended) and may be disclosed to any individual.

The Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13 authorizes the City of Vaughan to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its Committees. The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, facsimiles, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it such as your address and postal code or e-mail address available to the public unless you expressly request the City to remove it. The City audio and video records Council and Committee meetings. If you make a presentation to a Council or Committee, the City will be audio and video recording you and City staff may make these recordings available to the public.

Please direct any questions about this collection to the Planner listed above.

JASON SCHMIDT-SHOUKRI, Deputy City Manager – Planning and Growth Management

TODD COLES, City Clerk

NOTE:
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the Zoning By-law, you must make a written request to the City of Vaughan, City Clerk’s Office, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L6A 1T1.

DATED at the City of Vaughan this 22nd day of August, 2019

We’ve started getting comments from residents that I think should be shared with everyone. So we’ve put a discussion forum on our site to capture those comments and foster discussion.

We’ve created three forums.

1. Announcements – Tell us about what is going on in Weston Downs. Are you having a block party, a garage sale, a 25th Anniversary, a birthday party, etc… Let everybody know about it!
2. Development of 4101 Rutherford Rd., Block 31– Give us your view point on the proposed development. We want to hear what you have to say!
3. Say something about Weston Downs! – Let us know what you like or dislike about the neighbourhood.

Anybody can view the discussions, but if you wish to participate you need to register. Click on the “Register” menu link to register. All discussions are moderated so please ensure that your input is valid and please utilize clean language. Discussions that do not meet this criteria will be deleted.

Having said that… Please provide us with your view point!

We will be having a “Meet and Greet” to collect petitions, talk to neighbors, provide updates, and just have a great time. Here is the event information:

Location: Velmar Park
Date: September 14th, 2019
Time: 2:00PM – 5:00PM

Also, please remember that the City Council date that we get to voice our concerns is coming up. Here is the event information:

Location: Vaughan City Hall
Date: September 17th, 2019
Time: 7:00PM – 9:00PM

All of these dates are list on our website in the Calendar. You can find the calendar by clicking on the Calendar menu link found in the top right hand corner of every page.

As discussed in the AGM here is the Plan-it website that the city uses to show all applications that are proposed or planned.

To access the 4104 Rutherford Rd. information do the following:

1. Click on the Plan-it button below
2. In the search box (see fig 1.) enter the following numbers
   • OP.19.003
   • Z.19.008
   • DA.19.042

For everyone’s benefit I’ve moved all the files that the City has collected for changes to 4101 Rutherford Rd. You can access them through the link on the top right corner of this website. Or you can access them below. Thank you to Tony Alati, President of the Carrying Place Ratepayers Association for originally sharing these files with us.

Wow… Thank you to the residents of Weston Downs for coming out on August 15th AGM. It was great to see such unified support against the proposed changes in our neighborhood!

The attached document is the presentation that was provide at the AGM on August 15, 2019 at the Vellore Village Community Centre. Thank you to everyone who showed up!