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Neighbors tell council short‑term rentals can be "extractive," call for density limits and safety checks
Summary
Residents from Italian Village, Victorian Village and Near East raised safety, housing supply and property‑maintenance concerns during public comment and urged visible license numbers, stricter occupancy or density limits, safety inspections and platform tax remittance.
Five residents spoke during public comment, describing neighborhood impacts from short‑term rentals and urging policy changes.
Susan Sommerfeld said her house on East Lincoln Street is "entirely surrounded by 14 short‑term rentals" and argued many rentals operate as businesses that do not maintain properties or add neighborhood value. "I failed to see the difference between those two," Sommerfeld said, contrasting a…
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