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Alpena council adopts temporary moratorium on new short-term rentals
Summary
The Alpena City Council adopted Ordinance 26-517, imposing a temporary moratorium on registration and commencement of new short-term rental units in the city while staff and council review policy and registration processes.
The Alpena City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 26-517 on March 19, 2026, establishing a temporary moratorium on the registration and commencement of new short-term rental units in the city. City Attorney Bill Fer presented the ordinance during the officers' report and the council moved to adopt it after a second by a councilmember.
Mayor Cindy Johnson made the motion to adopt the ordinance, which the council put to a roll-call style confirmation immediately after presentation. The transcript records council members answering in the affirmative during the roll call; a formal numeric tally is not specified in the public transcript.
The ordinance places a pause on new short-term rental registrations and new operations while the city completes its review. Council did not record substantive debate on the council floor in the transcript prior to the vote.
Next steps: the moratorium is temporary; the council and staff are expected to study registration processes and any required regulatory or code changes before allowing new short-term-rental registrations to proceed. The transcript does not specify a sunset date for the moratorium or an implementation timeline.
