• Rental units to contribute to any tourism tax imposed on hotels. 

ORHMA strongly supports a regulatory framework for illegal hotel rooms which includes zoning by-laws that meet the same standards of developing a hotel, and proper taxation that levels the playing field with the hotel industry. We appreciate the importance of short-term rental bylaws and recommend a municipal accommodation tax structure to follow 

TAXATION RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Municipal Accommodation Tax to be collected and paid.
• The city should review the opportunity to apply commercial property assessment. 

Anyone operating in the commercial accommodations space should be subject to the same rules and regulations as other businesses doing exactly the same kind of work. The traditional lodging industry welcomes competition and is prepared to compete on quality, experience and price: but the rules of the game have to be applied evenly to all players. To be dear, we are not opposed to an individual using a home-sharing platform to rent out a room in his or her home to help make ends meet. This is about fairness - these laws and regulations should be upheld by anyone running a commercial operation. 

Thank you for your time and consideration of our recommendations. II is important we work together to protect and regulate al short-term rental and commercial accommodations in the City of Windsor. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss further. 

Yours truly. 

Tony Elenis
President & CEO
Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association