After a year of study of the city’s rules on short-term rentals provided through companies like AirBnB, staff in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services presented a recommendation to the Planning Commission on March 24.
“And that is to maintain our existing code without any amendments at the moment to strengthen monitoring of homestay compliance, permitting requirements and education about homestay requirements.are recommending,” said Missy Creasy, the city’s deputy director of NDS.
The work of staff at NDS is governed by a plan that is periodically reviewed by the Planning Commission and the City Council. In December 2024, the PC learned that one of the priority items would be review of the city’s rules on short-term rentals or homestays in residential zones. Those are the ones marked Residential-A, Residential-B, or Residential-C…