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Council discusses expanding lodging tax to short-term rentals as state bills loom
Summary
Gahanna councilors discussed expanding the city’s lodging tax to cover short‑term rentals and weighed local regulatory options while monitoring pending state bills that could change local authority.
Council members opened a preliminary discussion on whether to expand Gahanna’s lodging tax to short‑term rentals and how local regulation of short‑term rentals might interact with pending state legislation.
State context and local options: Council member Bowers said Senate Bill 104 (pending at the Ohio General Assembly) would preempt some forms of local short-term-rental regulation while directing an expansion of lodging tax collections to all short-term accommodations. She told colleagues that Airbnb…
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