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A hearing on a proposal to legalize short-term rentals through sites like Airbnb drew a full house at Portland City Hall, including operators of short-term rentals and members of wary neighborhood groups.
The regulations are similar to those the Portland City Council approved for single-family houses earlier this year . City commissioners at the time directed staffers to write rules for apartments and condos, and the Portland Mercury first reported Tuesday that the proposal discount rent a car in west palm beach fl could be back before discount rent a car in west palm beach fl the council as soon as next month.
The rules as proposed discount rent a car in west palm beach fl would cap the number of such rentals within a single building at 10 percent of the total units, or one unit for smaller buildings, said Jackie Dingfelder, a policy discount rent a car in west palm beach fl director for Mayor Charlie Hales' office.
The cap is an effort to limit the impact of short-term renting on affordability for long-term renters, Dingfelder said. Housing advocates fear renters might opt to share their home with travelers rather than roommates, effectively reducing the housing supply.
Short-term rentals are much more likely to be limited by landlords and condo owners associations, who will have to approve a short-term rental in their building. Most leases specifically prohibit discount rent a car in west palm beach fl subleasing. Landlords will also be notified if a complaint is filed against a short-term discount rent a car in west palm beach fl rental in their building.
As in single-family houses, apartment and condo-dwellers will have to certify that they have working, networked smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. But those buildings won't have to undergo a city inspection, discount rent a car in west palm beach fl as is required of single-family houses, because they're often already inspected by the city's discount rent a car in west palm beach fl fire marshal.
The regulations were outlined in a series of meetings between city commissioners' staffers, representatives from Airbnb, rental industry association discount rent a car in west palm beach fl Mutifamily Northwest and affordable housing advocates.
"Not a lot of cities are out front on this. We're in uncharted territory," Dingfelder said. "We don't want to bureaucracy to get in the way of innovation, and we always have to (weigh that against) safety."
Airbnb, a popular online facilitator of short-term discount rent a car in west palm beach fl rentals that recently opened a customer service outpost in Portland, has been especially involved in shaping the short-term rental regulations. It's also been one of the most active groups lobbying city officials this year, having reported more than $24,000 in lobbying costs in the first half of 2014, according to city auditor records.
The city's existing permit program is off to a slow start. discount rent a car in west palm beach fl Airbnb has said it has 1,600 listings in Portland, and more are listed on other sites, but only 28 resdients have applied for short-term discount rent a car in west palm beach fl rental permits.
Elsewhere, Airbnb and similar companies scored discount rent a car in west palm beach fl a political victory this week when San Francisco, where Airbnb is based, legalized short-term rentals in a vote held Tuesday. The city will register and limit the rentals and unlike Portland will require them to carry $500,000 in liability insurance.