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In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 23, 2021, a fight broke out at a house party in the 300-block of Victoria Street in Kingston. A female was stabbed, and now Kingston Police detectives are asking for any witnesses and attendees of the party to contact them. At approximately
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The City of Kingston wants to offer information and advice to those looking to operate a short-term rental on websites such as AirBnb. From May 12 to 27, 2021, the City will be hosting two sessions per week on its Short-term Rental Licensing Program. “Staff are excited to be working
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Kingston City Council approved new regulations for short-term renters (STR) in December, including homeowners that use services like AirBnB or VRBO. “Essentially, City Council approved the passage of a short-term rental by-law and a licensing program,” said Dan Hazell, Supervisor of Licensing & Enforcement in the Building & Enforcement department
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With the upcoming by-law to license short-term stays, there’s been a lot of chatter about the topic online. Recently, the city even released a statement addressing some of the speculation about address-finding and explaining some of the rational behind the choice of a contract with a data-finding company. With both
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The City of Kingston, which is currently in the process of creating a by-law to license and regulate short-term rentals, is responding to speculation and questions circulating about some of the data collection being proposed. The potential by-law is being addressed on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at the Administrative Policies
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For the past five years, my children and I have opened our home to short-term rental guests. Our endeavour started as a necessity, to supplement our struggling finances, and evolved into a means for my son to pay his way through college. During this time, our guests have shared their
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Kingston is seeking input from residents on how to approach licensing short-term rentals, such as AirBnB rentals, through an online survey and open house discussion at City Hall. The open house will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at Memorial Hall in City Hall. The survey
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According to our readers, Airbnb is one of the most popular elements of the local sharing economy – and it shows. A quick glance at Airbnb listings within the city reveals upwards of 200 hosts tempting guests with everything from sparse single rooms to complete executive homes. With the cheapest
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Kingston’s sharing economy grew significantly this month with the controversial and widely anticipated arrival of the popular ride sharing application, Uber. Services such as Uber have been dubbed “disruptive technologies” in that their innovative foundation has the power to upset traditional business models. The taxicab industry in cities throughout North
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