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Resident asks about short-term rental rules as council advances vendor agreement to track rental tax payments
Summary
A resident asked whether recent council action changes the Unified Development Code; council members clarified the resolution before the council is to hire a vendor to track short-term rental tax payments and that short-term rentals outside downtown require conditional-use approval under the UDC.
TJ Etheridge, a Mobile resident, asked the council whether an item on the agenda related to the Unified Development Code or to a vendor contract for short-term rental tax tracking. "Just trying to get clarification on the UDC for the short term rentals for Mobile with the new ordinance that's been put into place," Etheridge said.
Council members clarified that the resolution in question (referenced on the agenda as Resolution 08142) is not a change to the UDC but an agreement to hire a company to monitor and collect taxes and revenue from short-term rentals. Council member Carroll and others said the resolution authorizes administrative action to ensure collection of owed taxes rather than a zoning change.
Council member Woods clarified how the UDC presently applies: short-term rentals located outside the downtown development district must comply with the city's Unified Development Code and will generally need a conditional-use permit through the planning commission if they sit in an R-1 residential zone. Woods said a conditional-use permit process is expected for the first property seeking approval next week.
The discussion closed without amending the resolution on the floor. The transcript shows no formal vote on Resolution 08142 during the public-comments exchange; the item remained listed on the agenda for council consideration.
