Summary#
Montréal city council unanimously adopted a change to the City’s internal bylaw on delegating council powers to borough councils (02-002). It removes the delegation to Plateau-Mont-Royal for applying the tourist-accommodation bylaw and ends the earlier process to transfer that delegation to Ville-Marie. City staff say the goal is to match the rules with the new administrative home of the tourist-accommodation enforcement squad.
- The change concerns the City’s bylaw regulating tourist accommodation in primary residences (25-007); it does not repeal that bylaw.
- City staff say the squad will be under the Service de la concertation des arrondissements et de l’expérience citoyenne (SCAEC), a City department.
- The council also repealed its earlier resolution that had started the transfer to Ville-Marie.
What it means for you#
- Residents and tourist-accommodation operators: The decision does not change the rules in bylaw 25-007. City staff say it does not change services or intervention criteria.
- Plateau-Mont-Royal and Ville-Marie: Plateau-Mont-Royal loses the delegated powers described in the decision summary. The planned transfer of those powers to Ville-Marie is cancelled.
- City administration: Further decisions are expected on moving the squad’s staff and completing related transfers of credits and remaining federal grant funds.
Money#
City staff say this decision requires no financial intervention, but a transfer of remaining squad funding is planned.
- The residual funding is to move from Plateau-Mont-Royal to SCAEC when the change takes effect. The amount is not stated.
What is unclear#
- The supplied material does not include the adopted bylaw’s full text. The decision summary says it removes the delegation from Plateau-Mont-Royal, but does not state which body will hold the legal powers to apply bylaw 25-007 afterward.
- The summary says the change is proposed to take effect on October 3, 2026, but also says it takes effect on publication. The materials do not resolve this difference.
- The timing and details of the staff and federal grant transfers are left to later decisions.
Case for#
- The change could align the bylaw’s delegation of powers with the squad’s planned placement in a City department.
- Ending the Ville-Marie transfer process avoids changing the delegation to a borough that the City no longer plans to house the squad in.
Case against#
- The material does not clearly identify who will hold the legal authority to apply the tourist-accommodation bylaw after Plateau-Mont-Royal’s delegation is removed.
- The staff, credit and grant transfers require later decisions, so this decision alone does not set out all the arrangements for the squad’s move.