Redundant regulations
According to Clement, more often than not, the regulations that are passed are redundant.
East Windsor resident Kipp Baker said the home share in his neighborhood leaves their garbage cans out all week long.
"Garbage pails blowing down the street" is Baker's main concern. "They put their garbage out on a Sunday or Monday but pickup Isn't until Thursday.'
Baker is worried about skunks and raccoons getting into the garbage and making a mess, especially as it gets warmer outside.
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According to Baker, the home share near him is mostly rented on weekends, but the homeowner doesn't live on site.
"The owners live in Vancouver, but I know bylaw officers are leaving paperwork in the mailbox; said Baker, who has seen a City of Windsor bylaw vehicle out front "at least three times."
Bill Teller, with Windsor's bylaw enforcement, said they don't cover home share services.
"We could have been there for a wide range of issues," said Tetler.
In Windsor, garbage and garbage pails can only be put out for collection after 7 p.m. the night before collection. The empty bins have to be brought back off the curb by 8 p.m. the day of collection.
Doesn't matter if homeowner lives off-site
According to Teller, it doesn't matter if the house is used for home share purposes, or if the homeowner lives off site — there's a set fine for leaving garbage can out when they aren't supposed to be out.
"The simple solution is applying whatever fines exist, or applying the bylaws as they are written, to whomever the homeowner is," said Clement. "There has to be a way to communicate with those folks without them being on site?