Commission debates inspection frequency, licensing fees and revocation standards for STRs

Feb 19, 2026

Commissioners and staff discussed whether short-term rentals should be subject to annual licensing, how often fire and safety inspections should be required, and how revocation of licenses or permits should be structured to include due-process protections.

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Commissioners raised questions about how frequently short-term rental licenses (or permits) should be renewed and what triggers revocation. Miss Kollovich noted the draft mentions annual fire inspections but not the frequency of license renewal, saying the code "doesn't say necessarily how often you need to, renew the license." Chair and staff discussed alternatives including three- or five-year terms and suggested the license fee could be used to fund a compliance-tracking system.

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