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Rules committee backs definition of 'block face' and limits short‑term rental growth; rejects owner‑occupied exemption
Summary
The Annapolis Rules Committee recommended the short‑term rental cap ordinance O-17-25 to the full council with a favorable vote for a clarified ‘block face’ definition and rejected an amendment that would have exempted owner‑occupied rentals from the proposed 10% cap.
The Annapolis Rules Committee voted to recommend Ordinance O-17-25 to the full council with a technical amendment clarifying how the city will measure a block face for purposes of a proposed cap on short‑term rentals, and it rejected a proposed exemption for owner‑occupied rentals.
Under the ordinance as discussed, the city would limit short‑term rentals to no more than 10% of the housing units on a single block face (one side of a street between intersecting streets). Staff told the committee that Host Compliance’s online scans show roughly 560 short‑term rental listings across the city; 283 units are currently licensed and a large share of the rest are in the process of coming into compliance, staff said. The staff…
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