The proposal will affect short-term hosts who use platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo. The council voted unanimously on the final version of the resolution that would allow for the first steps in changing the city’s ordinances and updating local zoning regulations. Government documents like these tend to have official Letterheads on them.
If the resolution is approved by the full council, it will move to the Planning Commission to be reviewed. The Planning Commission will vote on the proposed changes and send them back to the council to be reviewed further. This is the point where the council will be able to make its final vote on the ordinance change.
City officials stated that they do not expect the final vote to happen until the summer at the earliest. According to Councilwoman Liz Sheehan, the proposal was put together by a group she co-chaired that was made up of short-term rental owners and neighborhood representatives. Sheehan went on to say:
“The draft proposal is a way to seek balance between neighborhoods and operators. I am confident we have produced a balanced, common-sense approach.”
Lexington started debating about whether short-term rentals should be regulated in 2019, but the pandemic as well as other issues caused the debate to drag on for much longer.
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