With the assistance of the Residential Tenancies Board we have determined that although it is not possible to list every kind of pet a person cannot have, neither is it possible to rigidly enforce this policy with absolutely no exceptions.
Thererfore, the Tenancy Board recommends that the landlord should, and has the right to define guidelines for what is acceptable and waht is not as the need arises. The following are some of the guidelines we have been using until now.
We have a "NO DOGS" policy in which there will be no exceptions. It should be noted that this applies to visitors with dogs as well, and tenants should make this known to their guests.
Some of our tenants have cats, and our policy has been that if the cat is never outside the apartment, and it creates no problems (e.g. odour, spilled cat litter in garbage room, etc.); while we will not change the "no pets" clause in their lease, neither will we ask them to either remove the cat of vacate the apartment.
Exotic pets, such as snakes, are absolutely not allowed.
Thank you,
Management