Category Archives: sharing economy

Local TRENd. Short Term Rental Ordinance Cap

What kind of cap does a short term rental ordinance have? A cap on the number on non-owner occuppied properties that can be listed as short term rentals

What city is proposing the cap? Portland

What is the cap number? 300. 300 non-owner occuppied properties could be short term rentals

Policy goals? Protect the number of owner occuppied houses and prevent conversion of those houses/apartments into a continual cycle of short term rentals

Portland Press Herald | Proposal would further restrict…

Property Rights. +1 Activist Move to Limit Short Term Rentals to a Single Property.

Where: New Orleans

Association backing limitation: Residents for Ethical and Sustainable Tourism (REST)

Limitation on short term rentals proposed: 

  • only full time residences would qualify
  • valid homestead exemptions must exist
  • home owners must comply with safety regulation

Curbed | A proposed ordinance would limit short-term rental licenses to one per homeowner

3 Ways a Texas City Does Not Allow Short Term Rentals

The city: Grapevine

The methods to prohibit short term rentsls:

  • zoning rules prohibit short term rentals
  • ordinances clearly define what a short term rental is
  • the city will being an outreach campaign explaining the prohibition on short term rentals

What do supports of prohibiting short term rentals say?

  • short term rentals bring noise complaints
  • short term rentals bring parking complaints
  • short term rentals are just party houses
  • short term rentals harm property values

Ft. Worth Star…

Local TREND. 3 Ways The Right Fights Cities & Supports Short Term Rentals.

Where:​ Florida

What’s special about FL cities’ short term rental ordinances?  local fines on unlicensed short term rentals are some of the highest in the nation.

How bad has it gotten? Miami Beach paid for a floating billboard accusing short term rental platforms of being cozy with state law makers Miami Herald

What have conservatives done to actively support short term rental platforms?

  • Lawsuits. Bring causes of actions against cities
  • Legislation to preempt local ordinances
  • Model…

Legal TREND. +1 Court Says no Property Right in Taxi License or Token

The Court: US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

The property right claimed by the Taxi industry: Ride Share Regulations amount to a taking of taxi property

The Court: the taxi industry has no right in blocking competition

Reason | Yet Another Federal Court Rejects Claims that Exposing Taxis to Competition from Uber and Lyft is a Taking 

LOCAL TREND. Anatomy of a City Audit on Short Term Rental Enforcement

City: Portland

What did auditors find? 

  •  “lax” enforcement
  • negative impact on affordable housing 
  • operators are not complying with liecening requirements
  • 1 in 5 are permitted 
  • success in collecting lodging taxes
  •  loose inspections and minimal safety requirements, especially related to fire safety

Mayoral repsonse: Negotiate deals with the comapnies to obtain a list of unpermitted properties

KOIN6 | Audit: Portland’s ‘lax’ at regulating short term rentals  

Local TREND. Short Term rental Ordinance Revamp in a Tourist Town. 3 Strikes & You're OUT

Tourist Town: Carlsbad, CA

Short Term Rental Ordinance Revisions:

  • excluding timeshares & RVs
  • incorporating an Impact Response Plan, requiring neighbor notification
  • parking on site requirement
  • Adding a 3 strikes, within 24 months, is a 36 month permit revocation

The Coast News Group | Carlsbad amends short-term vacation rental ordinance

Local TREND. Data Collection By Short Term Rentals. Where. What. Who.

Where: NYC new ordinance on short term rentals

Who does NYC’s data collection requirement apply to? Short Term Rental Platforms

What information will short term rental platforms, like Airbnb, have to collect?

  • Name, physical address, email, Airbnb profile URL, and phone number of hosts active that month
  • Addresses and URLs of any properties a given host rents out, and whether it was a full-home or partial-home rental
  • Total days the property was rented, rent/price paid, and any fees collected…

Local Trend. +1 City Limits Short Term Rentals to Owner Owned Property. 3 Supporting Arguments.

City: San Diego

Ordinance limits short term rentals to:

  • owner’s primary residence
  • +1 additional dwelling unit on the same parcel

3 Supporting Arguments from City Council Supporters:

  • Not elected to support investors
  • Elected to support constituents
  • Its a compromise, that isn’t perfect, but it “protects neighborhood quality of life through increased oversight and enforcement”

Times of San Diego | City Council Limits Short-Term Rentals to Owner’s Primary Residence