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Council reviews short-term rental licensing ordinance; debate over limits on owners’ licenses
Summary
The council held a first-reading discussion of a proposed short-term rental licensing ordinance that would add application, inspection and enforcement rules. Members debated whether to limit the number of licenses per owner and whether limits should apply only to Richfield residents; no final vote on licensing limits was recorded.
The Richfield City Council considered a first-reading licensing ordinance on Aug. 26 that would implement licensing, background checks, renewal, inspection and enforcement rules for short-term rentals, following an earlier ordinance restricting short-term rentals adopted May 27, 2025.
The proposed licensing framework makes short-term rentals a business license and lays out grounds for denial, suspension and revocation. City staff said they had continued internal discussion and planned to supply clarified language on a contested subdivision; staff also indicated recent edits would be…
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