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Committee holds short-term rental ordinance after divergent public testimony over enforcement, grandfathering and multifamily caps
Summary
The committee held a proposed short-term rental (STR) ordinance that would add licensing, proximity limits and multifamily caps after hours of public testimony split between neighborhood safety concerns and hosts and housing advocates citing livelihood and housing-access impacts.
The Community Development and Human Services Committee held Councilmember Byron Amos’s short-term rental ordinance after a public hearing that drew hosts, property managers, condo board members and neighborhood residents.
Many residents and neighborhood advocates told the committee that short-term rentals operate as commercial businesses in residential areas and that existing enforcement is insufficient. Rachel Lou, owner in the Landmark building, urged stronger enforcement and transparency, including platform data sharing. “Enforcement is our biggest issue,” said Rob Myers, adding that a 1,000-foot buffer and other rules will be moot unless the city can enforce them.
By contrast, multiple…
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