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Dearborn advances package to limit short‑term rentals to business districts
Summary
The City Council gave first readings to four companion ordinances intended to regulate short‑term rentals (stays under 30 days), restrict them from single‑family residential neighborhoods and impose permitting, inspection and fines; a final vote is scheduled for July.
Dearborn City Council on June 10 advanced a package of four companion ordinances that would regulate short‑term rentals — stays of 30 days or less — by restricting most listings to commercial and mixed‑use business districts and creating new permit, inspection and penalty rules.
The package, presented as a unified response to years of resident complaints about noise, trash and nuisance behavior in neighborhoods, includes zoning text changes, an occupancy/building‑standards chapter for short‑term rentals and new business‑license code updates. The council conducted the first reading of each ordinance; final adoption is scheduled for the July council meeting.
The proposed zoning changes would limit short‑term rentals in RA…
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