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Chies.Bulletin Print Page Page 1.8 of 20 <br />City Regulation of Short -Term -.. <br />Vacation Rentals by Owners <br />A]INYCSOT <br />Cities are increasingly looking for ways to regulate short-term rentals <br />available through organizations like Airbnb. <br />(Published ). <br />0rganIz..atlons Like ,Alrbnb ai,ikio.:lnips;Ihvtov.gh'hn6.rood?Af-13720M& =A TC%3I1rfl2ag91Qtip9°lo1iG L1�3IJe°In <br />26G,.CDt%3DI(Jl)8046.9.78563o26G NY43D..r�,v'26G K*%3Dai4n&Vv26G PYOD9426G_I)9'lol)acgaid=CKCa- <br />YXbn'MwCrQ?nSaQgd4X8DhYx-0A.QodmuoE9iv}.and ABQ:COM (Liptkta: <br />rrrps:I%,,vw vrbn_c,*, . have made things interesting for cities and residents. These are <br />services individuals may use to arrange short-term rental of someone's house,. <br />apartment,.room, or bed for a. night or more. Sometimes they cause issues for cities, <br />Increasingly., cities are seeking information on whether aiid how to regulate these <br />"short-term.rental" situations. League research attorneys are available to answer <br />your questions. <br />What can cities regulate? <br />Understate law, the Department. of Health has jurisdiction to license. and.. inspect <br />Hotels, motels, and lodging establishments, unless a city or county has been. <br />delegated that responsibility. <br />Hotels and motels are defined as buildings, structures, enclosures,. or any part <br />thereof used as., maintained as; advertised us, of held out to be places where. <br />sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public for a stay of less than a week. <br />This alone captures a lot of short-term situations advertised online. <br />Lodging establishments are defined as buildings,. structures, enclosures, or any part <br />thereof used as; maintained as, advertised as, or held out as places where sleeping <br />accommodations. are furnished to the public as regular roomers for stays of a week <br />or mare and having five or more beds to let to the public. (Lodging <br />establishments also include accommodations for those awaiting medical treatment, <br />then- family; and caregivers.) <br />In short, a lot of typical AirBNB or VRBQ.com situations are subject to state <br />regulation, but that does not preclude additional regulation by the city. <br />The state and its delegates have invested a lot of effort into locating and requiring <br />licensing compliance by applicable properties throughout the state offering <br />accomiriodations through AirBNB, VRBO.com, or other means. However, the: level <br />of state/delegate licensing compliance of short-tenn rentals. might inevitably remain <br />low due to: <br />http://www..Ilnc:org/page/`1/citi.es-bul.le.tin-print-page,jsp 4/18/201 G <br />