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Centreville council forwards short-term rental moratorium to planning commission for six-month review
Summary
Council held first reading of a temporary six-month moratorium on new short-term rental approvals and asked the planning commission to draft a comprehensive short-term rental and rental-property ordinance, including a rental registry.
At the May 7 meeting the Centreville Town Council held the first reading of Ordinance 6-2026, a temporary moratorium on applications for new short-term rental approvals. Council and staff said the moratorium is intended to give the planning commission time—up to six months—to draft a comprehensive regulatory framework and create a rental registry and related rental-property provisions.
Council members explained that the current code is vague for special-exception short-term rental approvals and that a modernized ordinance would move the process out of a loosely defined special-exception pathway and into clearer, enforceable zoning rules. Town staff and the planning commission said that during the current calendar year they had processed multiple short-term rental applications and that better-defined criteria and a registry will help administration and enforcement.
Council forwarded the moratorium and associated scope to the planning commission for review and recommended that staff and commissioners look at nearby municipal models during the drafting process. The council expects the planning commission to complete its review and return recommendations within approximately six months.
