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Columbia council defers citywide short‑term rental ordinance after residents and council raise concerns
Summary
After public comment and questions from council, the City Council deferred first consideration of ordinance 45‑36 — a citywide zoning revision covering building standards and short‑term rentals — to the planning commission for further work, citing broad language on events and reliance on the BZA for conditional uses.
The City Council of the City of Columbia on Jan. 9 deferred first consideration of ordinance 45‑36, a citywide amendment to Article 4 of the zoning ordinance that would set new building lot and site standards and regulate short‑term rentals. The move came after residents urged narrower rules and council members expressed concern about delegation of many decisions to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Resident Miss Stevenson told the council she supported a compromise that would keep CD‑2 and CD‑3L zoning districts classified as not permitted for short‑term rental use and asked the council to “allow CD 2 and CD 3 l to remain nonpermitted” because those…
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