The company that owns a Willowdale house that was the scene of a shooting earlier this year has pleaded guilty to a single zoning bylaw violation. This is the first conviction for the city’s municipal and licensing department in the booming area of short-term vacation rentals such as Airbnb and VRBO. To date, only one other operator has been charged, though there are 25 active investigations related to short-term rentals right now. Yan Pan Zhao entered the guilty plea Tuesday at the Toronto East Court in Scarborough on behalf of 2391324 Ontario Ltd., which owns 5 Glenelia Ave., in the Bayview Ave. and Cummer Ave. area. “The defendant wants to come back with the cleanest of hands,” said city prosecutor Geoffrey Uyeno in court.

Source: thestar November 23, 2016 14:00 UTC