NEW FRANKLIN — After months of work, the City of New Franklin has a short-term rental property ordinance. City Council opinion on some aspects of the new law, however, remained split even after the vote.
Short-term rental units are defined as properties rented for less than 30 days at a time. The ordinance, which included a controversial requirement that short-term rental units be located at least 300 feet from one another, was introduced and passed at the March 18 Council meeting by a 4-3 vote.
Council members Devin Allman (Ward 3), Greg Wolff (Ward 4) and Council President Barry Shaffer (Ward 2) voted against the ordinance. An earlier proposed ordinance without the 300-foot rule was later withdrawn from the agenda…