Short Term Rentals

With the swearing in of new Commissioner Shon Smith, there is growing pressure to weaken the County’s Short-Term Rental (STR) code. This code was adopted after more than two years of public hearings, hundreds of comment letters from residents, and the work of a Task Force set up to find…

There is a growing body of research and case studies of communities that documents the impacts, both positive and negative, resulting from the growth of short-term rentals (STRs) in cities and counties in the United States and throughout the world.  Companies such as Airbnb and VRBO, and owners of short-term…