Monroe County has become the first of the major counties in upstate New York to opt out of creating a registry system for short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO.
The Monroe County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to opt out of creating a registry. The bipartisan measure passed 21-8.
Short-term rentals have been a growing business and concern in neighborhoods across Monroe County. AirbnB claims to have 740 active hosts in Monroe County. Communities including the town of Irondequoit and the village of Pittsford have sought to regulate or track those properties in various ways. Monroe County, meanwhile, is negotiating with Airbnb and VRBO for those platforms to begin voluntarily providing a list of properties by ZIP code and the number of nights they rent…