Does the Zoning Bylaw include vacation property rental as part of the permitted “residential use”?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nanaimo (Regional District) v Saccomani, 2018 BCSC 752 (CanLII):
To answer the question of whether the drafters of the Zoning Bylaw intended to include vacation property rental as part of the permitted “residential use”, I apply the approach used in Paldi Khalsa Diwan Society v. Cowichan Valley (Regional District), 2014 BCCA 335, by searching “for the purpose broadly targeted”.
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