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Residents urge council to revisit short‑term rental rules amid noise, parking and trash complaints
Summary
Multiple residents reported recurring problems from short-term rentals in their neighborhood — large groups, noise past 2 a.m., overflowing trash and parking strain — and asked the council to strengthen enforcement and add penalties.
Several residents asked the Michigan City Common Council on May 6 to revisit and strengthen the city’s short‑term rental ordinance, saying current rules lack enforcement teeth and that large rentals are producing noise, parking shortages and excessive trash in older residential neighborhoods.
Vivian Ott, who lives on Felton Street, asked the council to “revisit this ordinance and perhaps…put some more…
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