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On-street parking fees set to go up Higher fees will target the city’s four centres Kelvin Gawley
kgawley@burnabynow.com
The City of Burnaby is increasing on-street parking fees in an effort to curb demand and ease crowding in some of the city’s busiest areas. City council has approved a bylaw amendment increasing the maximum perhour charge from $2 to $3. The $3 fee will only apply to streets with the highest demand in Burnaby’s four town centres: Metrotown, Edmonds, Brentwood and Lougheed. Meters on some streets adjacent to the $3 zones will start charging $2.50 per hour. The higher prices will increase the availability of onstreet parking in these areas and reduce both congestion and greenhouse gas emissions by incentivizing other forms of travel, according to a city staff report. The report notes that onstreet parking prices will remain at $2 per hour at 65 per cent of the city’s meters. On streets where parking demand is low – including portions of Walker Avenue, Kingsway, Macpherson Avenue, Kemp Street and Kathleen Avenue – the city plans to reduce parking fees to $1 an hour. Overall, the changes in parking fees are expected to have a “negligible impact on revenues.”
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New licence coming for some landlords Kelvin Gawley
kgawley@burnabynow.com
The City of Burnaby is sending declaration forms to local homeowners to determine who needs to buy a $570 business licence to rent out their property. Starting next year, all landlords who rent out a detached home or duplex in Burnaby will have to purchase the annual house rental business licence.
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They will also have to pay a one-time $50 application fee. All owners will be required to fill out the declaration by Nov. 30 – or face a $1,000 fee. The new system replaces annual sewer and water surcharges totalling $569 that were previously charged to homeowners with secondary suites, regardless of whether they rented it out. Mayor Mike Hurley has
said the extra utility fees were unfair to homeowners who have secondary suites but lack a rental income, particularly if those suites are occupied by family members. The city sent out similar declaration forms earlier this year and later refunded the utility surcharge to more than 1,900 homeowners who said they did not charge rent on their secondary suites.
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The new business licence will be required for all homeowners who intend to rent out all or part of their home for any amount of time in 2020, whether or not the owner lives there. “Previously, homeowners who rented out their home when not living on the premises avoided paying supplementary utility fees, while homeowners who rented out a suite were subject to an additional charge.
This change now ensures equity in the treatment of these two groups,” states a City of Burnaby press release. If a homeowner declares she or he doesn’t intend to rent out their suite next year, but then changes plans, they will be required to tell the city and pay the $570 surcharge, according to a city staff report.
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