Montreal borough votes to restrict Airbnb-style rentals in downtown core
MONTREAL — A Montreal borough is bringing in new rules aimed at limiting the number of short-term rentals in the city’s downtown core in the hopes of preventing conflicts between tourists and residents.
Councillors in the Ville-Marie borough adopted a new motion Tuesday evening to restrict private tourist rentals such as those offered on Airbnb.
The rules will limit new permits for “tourist residences” to a 3.3-kilometre stretch surrounding one of the city’s busiest commercial streets and will prevent new rentals from opening within 150 metres of each other.
City documents state the bylaw is designed to “substantially limit” the number of short-term rentals in order to “prevent problematic cohabitation issues between tourists and residents.”