The latest from the City of Sydney, in connection with residential lots in a building where they previously obtained LEC Oders banning short-term rentals. This email received four days ago:
“The matters raised in your emails to Council (Dated May and June 2017) and the supporting internet links and supporting documentation have been examined.
It is noted that you allege that the units detailed in the email are being used to provide short term residential/tourist style accommodation (A potential breach of the extant development consent).
The use of these units for short term residential/tourist style accommodation has been considered in terms of its impact on the manit of the building and the safety of its occupants to determine if it is within the public interest for Council to proceed with formal enforcement action against those facilitating the use of the units.
In this case, Council has elected not to enter into enforcement action given that there is no significant detrimental effect on te environment and it does not constitute a risk to public health and safety.
It is recommended that you raise (or reiterate) your concerns with the Strata Committee who can investigate and take action accordingly…”
Yet it seems that the strata committee can’t take action and, certainly in our case, won’t take action as those who control our residential building are long, long term advocates of short term rentals.
Perhaps the NSW Government should consider what type of living environment those in strata must cope with – now, and in the future.