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Committee reviews short-term rental permits; council hears concerns about enforcement and neighborhood impacts
Summary
City staff updated the committee on the short-term rental permitting program created in TMC chapter 702, reporting hundreds of active listings online but only a small portion licensed. Council members and residents said enforcement, neighbor notification, parking and code compliance are outstanding issues.
Melanie Campbell of the Department of Finance briefed the Housing and Community Development Committee on Toledo's short-term rental permitting requirements (TMC chapter 702) at the February 26 meeting and answered questions from council members and residents.
Campbell summarized the permit requirements: operators must file an online application with operator contact information, pay a $50-per-unit fee, provide a certificate of tax compliance, proof of current public-utilities payment, an affidavit of life-safety compliance, proof of insurance, a local contact, and a site plan; operators must also notify adjacent property owners that a short-term rental is operating. The city treats a permit as applying to units; one license can cover multiple units at the same address.
Campbell said the program began issuing licenses in 2022 and supplied a recent count for 2024: the city has issued licenses covering 43 units…
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