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Residents press council for stronger enforcement after recurring party houses and shootings
Summary
Residents described recurring weekend parties, shootings and a multi-unit operator that now advertises off-platform; witnesses urged immediate enforcement tools, revocation of licenses for repeat offenders and closer coordination with the city attorney and police.
Residents at the Columbus City Council committee hearing urged faster, clearer enforcement tools for repeat problem short-term rentals, describing instances they say have repeatedly disrupted neighborhoods and led to violence.
Christopher Schiller, a Harrison West resident, said a cluster of four adjacent townhouse units near West Fourth operates like a de facto hotel that advertises for large parties and regularly draws crowds late into the night. “Nearly every weekend at 2 to 3:00 a.m. you can set the clock to it,” Schiller said. He told council the operator was removed from major platforms but continued to market rooms through a…
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