Verona residents describe weekend parties, late-night knocks; council asks staff to draft short-term rental licensing

Residents from the Cathedral Point neighborhood told the Verona Common Council on March 11 that short-term rental properties next to their homes have produced repeated noise, trash and safety problems, and urged the city to strengthen enforcement.

Jim Hansen, part of the Cathedral Point Homeowners Association, told the council the neighborhood supports restrictions and offered to assist city staff with enforcement, saying, "we're definitely willing to help." Ben Norman, a Cathedral Point resident, said two short-term rentals opened next to his home in the past 18 months and that the properties have produced "large groups of people renting the house, having loud parties, some lasting throughout the night." An unnamed resident who identified their address as 341 East Chapel Royal Drive described recurring weekend rentals, trailers and concerns about the safety of small children. Laura Kwedic, also a Cathedral Point resident,…