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File #: 199123    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 5/11/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/14/2015 Final action: 2/13/2020
Enactment date: 5/14/2015 Enactment #: 199123
Title: That the City Solicitor provide an opinion on applying the hotel tax to short-term rentals such as Airbnb, and provide advice on whether zoning ordinances would then need to be changed.
Sponsors: Maryann M. Heuston

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That the City Solicitor provide an opinion on applying the hotel tax to short-term rentals such as Airbnb, and provide advice on whether zoning ordinances would then need to be changed.

 

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Official Text

That the City Solicitor provide an opinion on the feasibility of having the city's hotel tax applied to short-term rentals such as those used by Airbnb and also provide advice on whether zoning regulations would need to be changed regarding uses or definitions of short term rentals and bed and breakfast establishments.