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Short-term rental public meeting June 25 in Georgina

Yorkregion.com
June 21, 2019
Amanda Persico

The town is in the process of studying short-term rental accommodations within Georgina.

Public consultation is part of the research process.

Have your say:

• June 25, 7 p.m. in the council chambers at the Georgina Civic Centre, 26557 Civic Centre Rd.

Georgina is working on a long-term model to regulate short-term rental accommodations.

The study would be used to as consideration for an official plan amendment and amendments to the Keswick, Sutton and Pefferlaw secondary plans.

The town does not now regulate short-term rentals found through Airbnb, VRBO or other online platforms.

Residents have raised a number of concerns from noise, safety, parking, taxation and municipal service overload.

There are a number of benefits of short-term rentals, including increased tourism and visitors to the area.

As of 2018, there were more than 100 short-term rentals in Georgina.