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Council asks administration for enforceable counter-proposal after Planning & Zoning votes to ban short-term rentals
Summary
After Planning & Zoning recommended a ban on short-term rentals, the council asked administration to return with a counter-proposal identifying enforceable inspection and liability language before the Ordinance Committee redrafts regulation. The debate focused on inspection scope, insurance liability and whether zoning software could ease enforcement.
Mentor on the Lake council members spent the meeting wrestling with how — or whether — to regulate short-term rentals after the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission recommended a ban.
Council members said they want a concrete, enforceable approach before the Ordinance Committee drafts a new code section. A Planning & Zoning member told council the commission voted not to move the ordinance forward and instead to ban B&B-style short-term rentals within the city. Council then asked the administration to prepare a…
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