How does the new By-law regulate rooming houses?
Rooming houses are now called “single-room occupancy” uses, and are allowed as permitted uses only in the Residential Multi-Family, Residential Mixed Use, C1, C2, Commercial Mixed Use, and Education/Institutional zoning districts. In all of those zoning districts except the EI district, single-room occupancy facilities are limited to no more than 12 beds. In order to distinguish from treatment facilities, care, treatment, or supervision may not be provided in a single-room occupancy facility.
