Short-Term Residential Rentals

This report from city staff examines peer cities’ approaches to regulating short-term residential rentals to inform the city’s approach to regulating this use.

The report summarizes reasons to regulate short-term rentals and trends in cities’ approaches to regulating these uses. It evaluates the city’s current approach to regulating and enforcing controls on short-term rentals, and presents alternatives for action by the city council. The report offers an overview of short-term rental regulations from 16 benchmark cities.