The owner of Kilona in the short term loses an appeal to restore the license amid a large number of complaints

The city of Kelona, ​​British Columbia, will not re -set up a job license for a short -term rental house that has received more than 50 complaints since 2021.

The council voted unanimously to follow the employee’s recommendation and not to re -license work for 381 views CRT.

“This was a continuous ordeal for three and a half years, so you’ll be honest with you,” said neighbor David Montbette. “I am very happy because they took this approach.”

The neighbors have long complained about excessive noise and other inconvenience.

“Party, noise, sex on the pool, nudity on the surface of the pool, and tourist buses are heading with the people who enter and go out,” said Montnet when he was asked to describe some problems.


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Residents on the street began to document violations to build their case.

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They also claimed that the owner of the house, Peter Dromond, did not live in the full -time residence, which broke the rules of rent in the short term.

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Quoting the volume of complaints and resources that are spent to help the property achieve compliance, the city took measures in January and withdrew the work permit.


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On Monday, however, Dramund went to the council to appeal the decision and extracted all allegations against him.

Dromond refused to comment after losing his appeal.

Many neighbors were present in the council’s rooms for the appeal session on Monday.

While no one wanted to conduct an interview, they said they were happy and hope that the ordeal would now be behind them.

Montteetit said he hopes the entire process will be a learning lesson on how to deal with problems rents to move forward.

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“It was a difficult process,” said Montteetit. “I think some of the main learning that comes out of this is … what happened and what can be done better to address issues like this in the future, not only in our region but in the neighborhoods in Kelona.”


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