Short-term rental ban will be enforced

The City Council’s brief flirtation with allowing some short-term rentals within the city is officially over, for now. The Council last week rejected options to allow homeowners limited ability to rent their homes to vacationers and instead doubled down on its existing ban, which was enacted in 2017 but has been largely ineffective. The Council directed staff to complete negotiations with a firm, Host Compliance, which has the technological abilities to more effectively enforce its ban.