Burlington By-law 001-2025, s. 6.1(a) — Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law

receive and process all applications for licences and for renewal of licences to be issued under this By-law;

• (b) issue licences and renew licences, to any person who meets the requirements of this Bylaw except where:
• i. the conduct of an applicant affords reasonable grounds for belief that the applicant has not carried on, or will not carry on the business in accordance with the law or with integrity and honesty;
• ii. there are reasonable grounds for belief that the carrying on of the business may be adverse to the public interest;
• iii. the applicant has a total of seven or more demerit points in effect pursuant to Schedule 3; or
• iv. the applicant is indebted to the City in respect of fines, penalties, judgments, outstanding property taxes, or any other amounts owning, including an administrative penalty
• (c) with respect to subsection 6.1(b)(ii), include in the Licensing Administrator’s consideration, any record of offence that occurred within the three (3) years prior to the licence application and is relevant to the nature of the business, or any record of offence that directly affects the applicant’s or licensee’s ability to competently and responsibly carry on the business, or any particular record of offence for any time period that may be specified in any Schedule;
• (d) impose conditions as a requirement of obtaining or continuing to hold a licence under this By-law; and
• (e) generally perform all the administrative functions delegated to them by this by- law.