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Painesville council hears first reading of new lodging-tax ordinance, projects about $70,000 in revenue
Summary
Painesville City Council members heard the first reading of an ordinance to create Chapter 194 of the city codified ordinances, establishing a lodging tax and defining “short-term rental,” a city staffer said during the meeting.
Painesville City Council members heard the first reading of an ordinance to create Chapter 194 of the city codified ordinances, establishing a lodging tax and defining “short-term rental,” a city staffer said during the meeting.
The ordinance matters because it would authorize the city to collect a local lodging tax and allocate revenue for specified uses; city staff estimated the new tax would conservatively generate “about $70,000,” and said short-term rentals are included in the definition of taxable lodging.
Tony, a city staff member who presented the ordinance, said, “we think conservatively,…
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