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<font size="+1"><font face="Calibri">Candice asked the commission to
address the status of dealing with AirBnB rentals at Tuesday's
CC meeting (8/8) during public comment.<br>
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The following is from the CM report for next Tuesday's CC
meeting (8/15):<br>
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Update on short-term rentals (AirBnB)<br>
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.<br>
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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:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://assets.lawrenceks.org/assets/agendas/cc/2017/08-15-17/cmreport_Airdna_Report_US_KS_Lawrence-3.pdf">https://assets.lawrenceks.org/assets/agendas/cc/2017/08-15-17/cmreport_Airdna_Report_US_KS_Lawrence-3.pdf</a><br>
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<i><b>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.</b></i><u><i><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/3/2017 9:09 PM, Melinda via
Electronic-lan wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Calibri">Per discussion at
tonight's LAN meeting.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Calibri">It was on the CM report.
Markus basically said "think about it". No direction given
to staff.<br>
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