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into a neighborhood; 2) people uome.and go at.all times of the day and night; 3) since customers are not residents, they have no interest in maintaining the neighborhood; 4) noise; 5) trash;. and 5) transient nature of the operation. The City of Minneapolis does.not regulate short term.rentaIs and they report that they have not received many Complaints about them. Complaints that have been received have tended.to come from condominium buildings where unsold units are rented out and subsequently condom i.n€um residents become upset about'noise.and activity. The City fe.els.that it has a mechanism to deal with these complaints. it is aware that there are short.term rentals throughout:the.Citybut does riot plan to regulate there at this tirne..since.they do not seem to be causing a: problem. The. Appendix provides information about how shortterm rentals -are regulated.in.some Minnesota: citles.a.s well as information on short term regulation in cities outside of Minnesota. The .City of New Orleans Short Terra Rental Study: referenced earlier in this`reporta.isa includes an assessment of regulations adopted by cities around the United States. While New Orleans is a major tourist destination and has far more short term rental. units than 5alnt Paul, the information gathered in its study from other cities around the country has valLe and relevance to the conversation in.5a€lit Paul about: whether and how to regulate short terra. rentals. Impartant findings in the report are noted below. The City of New Orleans. Short Term Rental Study's:assessment of regulations In other cities. identified the components of a short.term.rentaI ordinance into the following categories and discusses each at. length. The main take away is that each city regulates differently depending upon the issue it is trying to add ress,.but many cities tend to include most of these [terns in.their regulations. The study also notes that the.success experienced by the cities surveyed varied. and that the best regulations were adapted over time as issues arose: - Definitions (most: are called shortterrn.rentaIsthough some use. vacation rental, timeshare, a tourist rooming house) - Categories (full.dwelling unit rental; single -roam rental, a shared -room rental). - size limitations (number :of rooms that can be. rented) - Can centration.(limits on number of units within a geographic area) - Time. limitations (generally less.than 30 days, the number of times a unit. ean be rented per year). - Owner occupancy (whether awner or tenan! occupancy is. required. and for how many days per year the Owner must accupythe unit) Use.Standards.and Guidelines (no changes to allow a separate entrance, parking, agent contact information, posting of city ordinances, accessible agent to respond quickly to compla€nts, limiting number of visitors. guests may. have) - Fees (generally between 100 and $150) - Notice.(information posted alerting.surround ing pro pert€es:ofthe.:use as;a short term rental). - Taxes. (co liectionand pa.ymentoftaxes .either by hosting platform or:host) 11