Our Town has put in the time and money to remove the cottages that were on Jackson and created a beautiful park for all and the schoolhouse on Bagot. No to the sale and no more rentals. Only family homes on proper lots. No absentee landlords. The added headache of noise and traffic and they park all over the village. The rentals says, but they over fill and pack them in. No one cares about the families next door. You can't maintain from far away.
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Richard W Kokovai
5 years ago
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The trend in recent years of individuals making private residences available for short term rent has created a multitude of problems for adjacent property owners. None of these problems were apparent when zoning bylaws regulating residential properties were conceived and passed. It has become increasingly obvious that the shortfall must be addressed to avoid even greater problems in the future. I'm not suggesting that short term rentals of residential properties don't have a place, but their development requires municipal regulation to insure that adjacent property owners are not adversely affected.
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Monica Carruthers
5 years ago
Now that there are so many STRs there are so many places to rent but running out of places to live. It seems that every time a house goes up for sale, it gets turned into a cottage for rent. They should have some rules and regulations, how many is too many, advertising as a party place is not good for the neighbourhood. I don't want to see neighbours move away because of it.
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Melanie McMillan
5 years ago
Should only be allowed if in or on owners property so it can be properly supervised.
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Yvonne Hernandez
5 years ago
I object to the selling of the Old Schoolhouse without the residents input.
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Grant Maguire
5 years ago
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This topic certainly needs to be discussed. I am in favour of increased tourism on CR-50 due to Winery proliferation, however residents are entitled to quiet occupation of their homes. So we should look to other municipalities for their guidance on moving forward.
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Anne E Beneteau
5 years ago
This is so important to our community right now.
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Lynn Quick
5 years ago
Public input is a must. Bylaws protect our community
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Julie Hedges
5 years ago
There town needs to make rules and bylaws for short term renters. They must also follow the noise bylaw. People that live there full time should not have to deal with excessive noise and partying all night! We all come to our homes for peacefulness and to relax.
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Marianne Robinson
5 years ago
We need rules and regulations so that our residents are not over run with unruly people with no owner nearby to enforce regulations
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Brenda Dunn
5 years ago
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Short term rentals make it very difficult for residents. Colchester now is mostly year round residents not like the 60s when it was mostly summer cottage people. Then it was party central all summer, that is not what the community wants again
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Perry Basden
5 years ago
70 Harrison Street, RR1
Harrow, Ontario N0R 1G0
(519) 972-5949
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MaryAnn Heffernan
5 years ago
We need less Airbnb's and more affordable homes for the people in our community.
Our Town has put in the time and money to remove the cottages that were on Jackson and created a beautiful park for all and the schoolhouse on Bagot. No to the sale and no more rentals. Only family homes on proper lots. No absentee landlords. The added headache of noise and traffic and they park all over the village. The rentals says, but they over fill and pack them in. No one cares about the families next door. You can't maintain from far away.
The trend in recent years of individuals making private residences available for short term rent has created a multitude of problems for adjacent property owners. None of these problems were apparent when zoning bylaws regulating residential properties were conceived and passed. It has become increasingly obvious that the shortfall must be addressed to avoid even greater problems in the future. I'm not suggesting that short term rentals of residential properties don't have a place, but their development requires municipal regulation to insure that adjacent property owners are not adversely affected.
Now that there are so many STRs there are so many places to rent but running out of places to live. It seems that every time a house goes up for sale, it gets turned into a cottage for rent. They should have some rules and regulations, how many is too many, advertising as a party place is not good for the neighbourhood. I don't want to see neighbours move away because of it.
Should only be allowed if in or on owners property so it can be properly supervised.
I object to the selling of the Old Schoolhouse without the residents input.
This topic certainly needs to be discussed. I am in favour of increased tourism on CR-50 due to Winery proliferation, however residents are entitled to quiet occupation of their homes. So we should look to other municipalities for their guidance on moving forward.
This is so important to our community right now.
Public input is a must. Bylaws protect our community
There town needs to make rules and bylaws for short term renters. They must also follow the noise bylaw. People that live there full time should not have to deal with excessive noise and partying all night! We all come to our homes for peacefulness and to relax.
We need rules and regulations so that our residents are not over run with unruly people with no owner nearby to enforce regulations
Short term rentals make it very difficult for residents. Colchester now is mostly year round residents not like the 60s when it was mostly summer cottage people. Then it was party central all summer, that is not what the community wants again
70 Harrison Street, RR1 Harrow, Ontario N0R 1G0 (519) 972-5949
We need less Airbnb's and more affordable homes for the people in our community.
We must have bylaws in place sooner than later.