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Consultant tells Carrollton council STRs draw more code violations and service calls; recommends background checks and targeted enforcement
Summary
A criminologist's three-year review found 81 short-term rentals in Carrollton, elevated code-enforcement citations and calls for service concentrated in ZIP code 75010, and recommended background screening, targeted ZIP-code enforcement and anti-trafficking protocols; city attorney discussed child-safety-zone authority.
The council heard a consultant's three-year analysis of short-term rentals (STRs) and public-safety implications for Carrollton.
Dr. Alex Del Carmen, a criminologist hired by the city, told the council his review found 81 STRs citywide across the past three years, with a cluster of higher noncompliance in ZIP code 75010. He said about 38% of STRs were non-violators but the majority had at least one ordinance violation during their recorded history; STRs received code-enforcement citations at an annual rate that suggested disproportionate attention and generate 4 to 5 times more calls for service than…
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