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Minnetonka council leans away from outright ban on short-term rentals, asks staff for ordinance options
Summary
After an extended study-session discussion, the council rejected an immediate full ban on short-term rentals, asked for legal guidance on licensing versus zoning and directed staff to draft options (caps, homestead/owner-occupied limits and geographic approaches) for public engagement.
After a multi-hour study session on March 2, the Minnetonka City Council signaled that it would not pursue an outright prohibition of short-term rentals, instead asking staff and the city attorney for ordinance options that could include caps, homestead (owner-occupied) limits or geographic tailoring.
"We didn't do ban," the senior development director summarized the sense of the council during the discussion; later, the city attorney warned that court decisions in cases such as Wayzata could determine whether a city must recognize…
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