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Sedona officials step up short-term-rental enforcement as citizen work group pushes staffing and process changes
Summary
Short-term-rental staff reported 744 hotline calls and 47 enforcement citations in a recent audit window; the city is prosecuting permit violations and the Citizens Budget Work Group urged clearer performance metrics, better onboarding of volunteer budget reviewers and more transparency on staffing increases.
City officials told Sedona's council at a budget work session that short-term-rental enforcement has been stepped up and that evidence-gathering is underway for permit-related citations.
"Of the 47 in-process citations, 29 owners have repurmitted and several have already paid their fines," Short-Term Rental Specialist Teresa told the council, describing outreach and evidence collection that staff say will reduce past practice of dismissing citations if owners later came into compliance. City Clerk Joanne Cook said STR-related hotline complaints totaled 744 in a recent sample window, with roughly 128 routed to code enforcement (primarily trash…
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