Salt Spring Island Cottages Property Owners Survey Results, 2019

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Topics: Bylaw enforcement · Housing & affordability — our classification, not the Trust's.

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Affordable Rental Housing Cottages - Bylaw No. 512 - Property Owner Survey
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63.64%14
Q1 In addition to a single-family dwelling, do you currently have a seasonal
cottage on your property?
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TOTAL22
Yes
No
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ANSWER CHOICESRESPONSES
Yes
No

Affordable Rental Housing Cottages - Bylaw No. 512 - Property Owner Survey
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19.05%4
23.81%5
57.14%12
Q2 Do you currently rent out or otherwise use your seasonal cottage for
full-time residential use?
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TOTAL21
Yes
No
Not Applicable
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ANSWER CHOICESRESPONSES
Yes
No
Not Applicable

Affordable Rental Housing Cottages - Bylaw No. 512 - Property Owner Survey
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33.33%7
4.76%1
4.76%1
57.14%12
Q3 If you don’t already do so, will the adoption of Bylaw No. 512
encourage you to rent out or otherwise use your existing cottage for full-
time residential use?
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TOTAL21
Yes
No
Maybe
Not Applicable
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ANSWER CHOICESRESPONSES
Yes
No
Maybe
Not Applicable

Affordable Rental Housing Cottages - Bylaw No. 512 - Property Owner Survey
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27.78%5
33.33%6
38.89%7
Q4 If you don’t already have a seasonal cottage on your property, will the
adoption of Bylaw No. 512 encourage you to construct a cottage for full-
time residential use?
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TOTAL18
Yes
No
Maybe
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ANSWER CHOICESRESPONSES
Yes
No
Maybe

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Q5 Is there anything further you would like the LTC to know about Bylaw
No. 512, full-time residential use of cottages, or affordable housing on Salt
Spring Island more generally?Alternatively, you can contact Island Planner
Jason Youmans at ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca or 250-537-9144.
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#RESPONSESDATE
1Please allow more full-time housing options to be available for islanders by passing this bylaw9/12/2019 7:05 PM
2This bylaw would allow owners who already have a cottage that they are renting out full time,
not seasonal, to be in compliance and therefore not helping with new cottages for rent. This
puts the property owner on the hook for affordable housing, who is to say what that rent may
be. How do you control that? I can see an increase in Property taxes on said properties even if
you don't build and rent out a cottage, being penalized so to speak. And who knows if the said
properties even have enough water to support a second full time dwelling not to mention now
becoming a small water system and the responsibilities and laws around that. Not to mention
the high cost of construction and low return in rent. I don't see many people taking on the
many challenges involved in this.
9/7/2019 6:17 PM
3We have a cottage we have always rented as if it was for full-time use. At tenant’s discretion.9/3/2019 4:18 PM
4too bad you took your time on this, most do not have the money to do this now when the trust
told us this c

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