Windsor By-law 115-2022, s. 6.4(a) — Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law

shall afford the affected Applicant or the holder of the Licence an opportunity to make submissions in respect of the matter that is the subject of the Commission's proceedings;

• (b) shall afford any person, civic department, board, commission, authority or agency given notice under Section 6.3 of this by-law and in attendance at the hearing, or any other person in the discretion of the Commission, an opportunity to make submissions in respect of the matter that is the subject of the Commission's proceedings;
• (c) the hearing shall be open to the public but the Commission may close a portion of the hearing for the purposes of receiving confidential legal information pertaining to the affected Applicant or licensee;
• (d) the hearing shall be open to the public but the Commission may close all or a portion of the hearing to the public if the Commission is of the opinion that intimate financial or personal matters may be disclosed of such a nature, having regards to the circumstances, that the desirability of avoiding disclosure thereof in the interests of any person affected or in the public interest, outweighs the desirability of adhering to the principle that the hearing be open to the public;
• (e) shall give due consideration to the submissions made to it;
• (f) shall take such action to refuse, suspend revoke or impose conditions on the application or Licence, or not to refuse, suspend revoke or impose conditions on the application or Licence, as the Windsor Licensing Commission considers proper in the circumstances; and
• (g) shall give notice of its decision to the Licence Commissioner, to the Applicant or to the licensee, and to any person, civic department, board, commission, authority or agency in attendance at the hearing, together with the reasons for its decision.