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Residents press Largo commission for tougher enforcement on short-term rentals
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Largo City Commission to strengthen enforcement against short-term rentals, citing noise, parking, safety and zoning violations; commissioners scheduled a May work session and asked staff to follow up with contact information for complainants.
Dozens of residents told the Largo City Commission on April 7 that short-term rental activity is changing neighborhood character and creating safety and nuisance problems, and urged the city to take stronger enforcement action.
Speakers at the meeting's public-comment period described clusters of Airbnb-style rentals in single-family neighborhoods that they say produce excessive parking, traffic and parties. Richard Rodriguez, who said he has lived in Carlton Estate since 1995, said his neighborhood now hosts multiple corporate-owned short-term rentals that advertise high occupancies. "They're running businesses," Rodriguez said, arguing the properties "are incompatible with our quiet, child-dense neighborhood." Craig Murtha…
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