The Board of Directors of the Columere Park Community Association is contacting realtors in the Columbia Valley to notify them that Columere Park does not support Short Term Vacation rentals. This letter will provide more information about Columere Park and outline restrictions on beach and facility access.
- Restrictive covenants on property titles in Columere Park state that owners may not use this property for commercial use. See relevant restrictive covenants below for further details.
- Columere Park Marina does not allow marina and launching facility access to property owners (including their renters) that use their property for short term rentals.
- Short term renters do not have access to the beach, its amenities, or the tennis courts. Columere Park by-laws state members must accompany guests to the beach.
Columere Park Community is unique in that it does enjoy a private beach and marina facility. The community also must contend with strict Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) rules and regulations of railway track crossing. The Community Association is constantly communicating with members on safe track crossing and enforcing members only access. The community has a private water supply, paid for by residents. Beach and tennis court amenities are paid for by community members for use by members.
If you have a client looking at property in Columere Park, and if they indicate they wish to use it for short term rentals, please notify your clients of these restrictions for short term rentals.
On behalf of its members, The Columere Park Community Association is actively working to prevent short term rentals and continues to consider additional measures.
Thank you for your support.
Columere Park Community Association (CPCA)
Details on Restrictive Covenants
Columere Park was first developed (in the 1960s) as Phase 1 with subsequent Phases 2 and 3 thereafter. Each phase had restrictive covenants imposed at the time of development which remain in place.
The pertinent Columere Park restrictive covenants that counters the proposed RDEK use of short-term rentals are:
Phase 1 – (Clause 3) no building or part thereof on the said premises shall be used as a boarding house, rooming house, hotel, resort or place of trade or business, and no trade or business of any kind shall be carried on on the said premises.
Phase 2- (Clause 6) no trade or business of any description nor as a hotel, apartment house, duplex, boarding or lodging house or place of public resort. Clause 3 states No dwelling shall be used for any other purpose than that of a private dwelling for a single family;
Phase 3- Clause 6 and Clause 3 are same as the restrictive covenants found in Phase 2.
Also, Phases 2 and 3 state (Clause 10): no vehicles are to be parked overnight on the public roadway adjacent to the lots.