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After four years of study by two council committees, three task forces, briefings to the full council, eight robust discussions and public hearings over six months by zoning and planning officials, there are still some council members who, incredibly, want to postpone the vote until after the city’s May 8 elections, presumably to avoid taking a stand.
Proper land use is a critical responsibility of local government, and it’s threatened by an unbridled corporate push to convert more and more housing to mini-hotels. It’s a national trend toward commoditization of housing, where institutional investors and large hotel chains want in on the short-term rental action.To be clear, the ordinance would not take away an individual’s property rights. Homeowners will still have the right to rent their properties for 30 days or more.
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