On the same night that the Columbia city council voted to bar any new Airbnbs and other short-term rentals in most of the city’s neighborhoods, another Midlands city considered its own set of new regulations.
The city of West Columbia will temporarily halt the issuance of any new business licenses for short-term rentals while the city council determines what new regulations it will set, Mayor Tem Miles told The State following a Tuesday night meeting.
“Our concern is a potential heavy influx of short-term rentals … since Columbia has blocked them, we’re worried about demand over here,” Miles said. The city of around 18,000 sits just across the Congaree River from the state’s capital city…