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Staff reports multiple short-term rental violations; proposes logbook rules, annual inspections and tougher penalties
Summary
Planning staff reported spot inspections of three short-term rentals that found missing logbooks, advertising of individual rooms, and apparent overuse of allowable nights; staff proposed drafting code language to require standardized logbooks, permit annual zoning inspections and consider higher penalties and suspension triggers.
Planning staff told the Lexington Planning Commission on April 10 that a spot inspection of three short‑term rentals found repeated compliance problems and recommended code changes and stronger enforcement.
Staff summarized the short‑term rental framework the commission currently enforces: type A rentals (host present) allow up to two rooms and up to 104 nights per year while type B rentals (the whole unit is rented when the host is absent) are limited to 45 nights per year, staff said. The inspections found no on‑site logbooks, advertising of…
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