The Civil Resolution Tribunal in British Columbia has ordered a strata council to remove $3,000 in fines against an owner who was renting out his unit through Airbnb. The tribunal found that the strata council did not properly inform the owner of the specific bylaw breaches and did not follow the Strata Property Act when assessing the fines.
B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a strata council to remove $3,000 in fines against an owner who was renting out his unit through Airbnb.
The strata, however, said Fisher breached bylaws on three occasions, and it properly assessed the bylaw fines. It was there that Rivers disagreed. And, Rivers found, the occupants “were members of the general public.” As such, she said, the occupants were occupants for convenience, without finding that they were occupants of the strata lot pursuant to the bylaws or the Strata Property Act .
And that, she said, meant Fisher breached a bylaw when he twice allowed use of his strata lot for temporary accommodation and had not proven whether it was a lease or a rental.
AIRBNB STRATA COUNCIL BYLAWS FINES STRATA PROPERTY ACT
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