Hamilton By-law 07-170, s. 1(3) — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

No owner, operator or body-rubber shall carry on business under any name or designation other than his or her own unless he or she has filed notice of his or her intention to use such name or designation and no person shall use any name or designation in respect of a body-rub parlour or of any trade, calling, business or occupation carried on therein without first notifying the Director of Licensing of such name or designation intended to be used and having such name endorsed upon his or her licence in accordance with subsection (2). 9.(1) No body-rub parlour may open for business or operate or be operated unless its owner is licensed as such under this By-law. (2)

• (a) Every person applying for an owner’s licence shall file with the Director of Licensing documentation demonstrating the applicant’s right to possess or occupy the premises used as a body-rub parlour, and if such person is not the registered owner or owners in fee simple of the property upon which the body-rub parlour is located, such person shall file at the same time a copy of any lease, and of any other document constituting or affecting the legal relationship between the applicant and the registered owner or

owners in fee simple of the real property.

• (b) For the purpose of this section, “registered owner” means the owner as registered pursuant to the Land Titles Act or the Registry Act as the case may be.