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Planning commission recommends denial of proposed short‑term rental zoning amendment
Summary
The City of Columbia Planning Commission voted 5–3 to recommend denial of a staff‑prepared amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that would add short‑term rentals as a principal, regulated use and restrict residential STRs to parcels fronting four‑lane collectors or arterials. Commissioners and public commenters debated enforcement, neighborhood impacts and stakeholder outreach.
The City of Columbia Planning Commission on Nov. 13 recommended denial of a proposed amendment to Chapter 17, Article 4 of the Unified Development Ordinance that would have added short‑term rentals (STRs) as a regulated principal use and imposed location and operational limits.
Staff said the amendment would permit STRs in mixed‑use and commercial districts and allow them as conditional uses in residential districts only if the parcel fronts a four‑lane collector or arterial road. Staff also told the commission that legally permitted STRs already in the city would be treated as nonconforming uses and could continue.
David Bergman, a Columbia property manager who said his company employs about 25 people and manages roughly 90 permitted units, told…
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