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Planning commission recommends denial of proposed short-term rental rules after heated public comment
Summary
After extensive public comment from hosts, managers and neighborhood associations, the Columbia Planning Commission voted 4–3 to recommend denial of a staff-drafted UDO amendment that would restrict short-term rentals in residential areas to parcels fronting four‑lane collectors or arterials.
The Columbia Planning Commission on Nov. 13 recommended denial of a proposed amendment to Chapter 17, Article 4 of the unified development ordinance that would add short‑term rentals as a regulated use and sharply limit where they are permitted in residential neighborhoods.
Staff told the commission the amendment would list short‑term rentals as a permitted use in mixed‑use and corridor districts and as a conditional use in residential zones only when the parcel fronts a collector or arterial with four through‑lanes. Staff also said existing lawful short‑term rentals would be treated as nonconforming uses and could continue so long as…
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