Harry

Jamie and Murray Marshall are operating an illegal vacation rental under while posing as a "legal B&B".
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/8887879
Advertising themselves as not a usual B&B... of course it's not, it's a vacation rental.
According to the City of Revelstoke bylaw 1854:
“BED AND BREAKFAST means the licensed use of a detached dwelling by a resident of the dwelling for the provision of temporary lodging of paying guests in not more than four guest rooms in the dwelling and the serving of a morning meal to such guests, and includes the use of common living and dining areas in the dwelling by such guests. Bed and Breakfast use is prohibited in conjunction with a Secondary Suite.”
No secondary suite means that the guest of the B&B are being hosted by the owner/operator are using the the same living-room and dining-room.

Heather Harris and Jim running illegal vacation rental at this location being advertised here:
https://www.homeaway.ca/cottage-rental/p661883vb

Two (2) Illegal vacation rentals in one(1) house:
Downstairs:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/15914306
Upstairs:
https://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/revelstoke-mountain-b-amp-b-guesthouse.en-gb.html
If this was a legal vacation rental the following would apply:
“”VACATION RENTAL means the licensed use of a dwelling unit as temporary lodging (less than 30 days at any one time) for paying guests. Vacation rental use is restricted to a total of no more than 120 days per calendar year. The maximum occupancy shall be calculated based on two adults per licensed bedroom with a total maximum of two licensed bedrooms per dwelling unit. No signage shall be permitted. The property owner is to provide a contact number for themselves or a representative located within the City and available 24 hours a day. The contact number is to appear on the Business License posted in the Vacation Rental Unit.”
Please note that this bylaw only permits 4 occupants and only 2 licensed bedrooms per dwelling unit!

Jessica Klikach owner/operator of 2 illegal vacation rentals at this location:
Main floor can sleep 14:
https://www.homeaway.ca/cottage-rental/p274513vb
Basement can sleep 7:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/1823165

A house fire at this location could be a real tragedy! I wonder what the fire chief would think of this...

Not zoned for vacation rental:

https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/6886852

owner/operator Rod Battersby

Another vacation rental posing as a licensed bed and breakfast:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/22249719
After having his vacation rental rezoning application defeated Mr. Ron Hubbard applied and was granted by the City a bed and breakfast license. Incredible! The City appears to actually be enabling these people!
According to the City of Revelstoke bylaw 1854:
“BED AND BREAKFAST means the licensed use of a detached dwelling by a resident of the dwelling for the provision of temporary lodging of paying guests in not more than four guest rooms in the dwelling and the serving of a morning meal to such guests, and includes the use of common living and dining areas in the dwelling by such guests. Bed and Breakfast use is prohibited in conjunction with a Secondary Suite.”
The owner or an operator must be living on the premises while his guests are there. Mr. Hubbard does not live in Revelstoke and there is no operator living on site.

This is an illegal vacation rental "posing" as a licensed bed and breakfast:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/17304630

According to the City of Revelstoke bylaw 1854:
“BED AND BREAKFAST means the licensed use of a detached dwelling by a resident of the dwelling for the provision of temporary lodging of paying guests in not more than four guest rooms in the dwelling and the serving of a morning meal to such guests, and includes the use of common living and dining areas in the dwelling by such guests. Bed and Breakfast use is prohibited in conjunction with a Secondary Suite.” This means the owner/operator must live in the house!
The owner/operator Cathy Burke is not a resident of the dwelling.

According to the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Mr. Pettinetti-Cadotte stated that he would only operate his vacation rental Big Bear Chalet from Dec 1 to Apr 30.
https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/85080

If this vacation rental rented out every night this would add up to much more than the 120 permitted by Revelstoke’s bylaw 2177 which states:

“”VACATION RENTAL means the licensed use of a dwelling unit as temporary lodging (less than 30 days at any one time) for paying guests. Vacation rental use is restricted to a total of no more than 120 days per calendar year. The maximum occupancy shall be calculated based on two adults per licensed bedroom with a total maximum of two licensed bedrooms per dwelling unit. No signage shall be permitted. The property owner is to provide a contact number for themselves or a representative located within the City and available 24 hours a day. The contact number is to appear on the Business License posted in the Vacation Rental Unit.”

Please note that this bylaw only permits 4 occupants in any vacation rental and that this vacation rental is being advertised as sleeping up to eight. http://bigbearchalet.ca/big-bear-chalet-vacation-rental-revelstoke/

Furthermore, Mr. Pettinetti-Cadotte advertises on his website that he rents out the two bedroom unit above the garage in the summer which is referred to as Big Bear Loft and sleeping 5:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/16738008?check_in=2018-04-11&guests=1&adults=1

Are the citizens of Revelstoke suppose to be fooled into thinking that as long as he’s not renting out the same unit in the summer, it doesn’t count towards the 120 days permitted. In fact, Mr. Pettinetti-Cadotte is operating two (2) vacation rentals!

1904 Hay Road was defeated when it applied for rezoning as a vacation rental:
http://revelstoke.ca/505/Defeated-Vacation-Rental-Re-Zoning-Appli
So they applied for a Bed and Breakfast license and have been “pretending” to run a fully licensed Bed and Breakfast. It’s very obvious from their ad that they are still operating as a vacation rental:
https://www.vrbo.com/4715558ha
According to the City of Revelstoke bylaw 1854:
“BED AND BREAKFAST means the licensed use of a detached dwelling by a resident of the dwelling for the provision of temporary lodging of paying guests in not more than four guest rooms in the dwelling and the serving of a morning meal to such guests, and includes the use of common living and dining areas in the dwelling by such guests. Bed and Breakfast use is prohibited in conjunction with a Secondary Suite.” This means the owner/operator must live in the house!
Their neighbors have every right to be upset!
These people are not the only ones in town who have resorted to this “trick”. The City of Revelstoke should be enforcing their bylaws.

There are still two (2) illegal vacation rentals being run by Diane Mahoney of Wellwind Therapeutic Spa at this location. According to the City's zoning map this property is only zoned Local Commercial - C8. The bylaw is very clear and only an owner/manager/proprietor can live at this address. Reference:
https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/32455
http://revelstoke.ca/DocumentCenter/View/3772
https://www.homeaway.com.au/holiday-rental/p449666vb
https://www.homeaway.com.au/holiday-rental/p619475vb
Also being advertised by Ms. Mahoney is the house next door to Wellwind Therapeutic Spa which is being advertised here:
https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p1169520vb
Why do these people don't just buy a hotel?!