[Electronic-lan] UPDATE: Re: Staff memo on "short-term rentals" aka AirBnB

[Melinda]

Candice asked the commission to address the status of dealing with 
AirBnB rentals at Tuesday's CC meeting (8/8) during public comment.

The following is from the CM report for next Tuesday's CC meeting (8/15):

Update on short-term rentals (AirBnB)
On February 21, 2017, at the request of the city commission, staff 
submitted a research report outlining issues related to the short-term 
rental industry.  The report outlined the benefits and concerns 
associated with homesharing, noted how other communities are addressing 
this new and growing industry, and reported on the regulations that the 
City of Lawrence currently has in place which prohibits their use. 
Finally, the report provided options for the City to take moving 
forward: (1) maintain the prohibition of all homesharing activities and 
address complaints as they are submitted, or (2) regulate homesharing 
activities through zoning code changes and policies that mitigate 
potential negative impacts.

During the time of developing the research paper staff had received a 
few complaints and advised all involved that the matter was pending 
before the city commission.  Enforcement was not actively pursued during 
this time. A May 2017 report indicates that there were 132 active 
listings in Lawrence on the AirBnB website:

https://assets.lawrenceks.org/assets/agendas/cc/2017/08-15-17/cmreport_Airdna_Report_US_KS_Lawrence-3.pdf

/*Because complaints on the use of short-term rentals has continued, and 
pending any new direction from the city commission to draft regulations 
to address this industry, staff will begin to immediately pursue 
enforcement of violations of the Development Code on a complaint basis.*/_/
/

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On 8/3/2017 9:09 PM, Melinda via Electronic-lan wrote:
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> Per discussion at tonight's LAN meeting.
>
> It was on the CM report. Markus basically said "think about it". No 
> direction given to staff.
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> https://assets.lawrenceks.org/assets/agendas/cc/2017/02-21-17/cmreport_Short-Term_Rentals.pdf
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