The City of Victoria has put on hold a pair of building-permit applications that, if approved, would have allowed the conversion of residential units in two buildings into hotels.
Coun. Stephen Hammond was the only council member to comment on the vote, noting as sympathetic as he is to those who have been hurt by the changes to short-term rental legislation — banning short-term rentals in units that are not a person’s primary residence — closing the loophole in these cases is the correct decision.
Some of the proposed amendments include the definition of hotel, which will be a commercial use that provides transient lodging to the public accessed by contiguous common space with an entrance lobby open to the public, service desk, daily housekeeping and an attendant on duty at all times.
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