February 05, 2021 - 7:00 AM
A B.C. couple that racked up more than $100,000 in strata fines for allegedly letting out their condos as short term vacation rentals will only have to pay a $200 penalty after the strata council failed on multiple levels to prove they'd done anything wrong.
According to a Feb. 1 Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, the strata even revamped its bylaw prohibiting vacation rentals but the Tribunal ruled it was still "awkwardly worded" and "unclear" and therefore thousands of dollars worth of fines were invalid.
One of the condo owners also escaped having to pay $45,000 of fines because the strata council had written to her at a different address and not followed the protocol set out in the Strata Property Act.