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Residents tell council short-term rentals are disrupting neighborhoods; council says state law limits local regulation
Summary
Multiple residents told the council that short-term rentals on their blocks are causing parties, trash and safety concerns; council members said existing local ordinances are limited by state law and encouraged residents to document violations while pursuing legislative changes in Nashville.
Several Memphis residents urged the City Council to tighten regulation of short-term rentals, saying properties managed remotely were generating late-night parties, trash and threats to neighborhood safety.
Catherine Creighton Smith said a four-bedroom short-term rental next to her home has hosted “wild parties” for months and left trash and vomit in neighborhood yards. "I no longer feel safe, secure. My anxiety is out the roof," she told the council. Gretchen Larson and other neighbors described repeated noise…
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