Columbia places some restrictions on short-term rentals
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Short-term rentals have been debated in communities across Middle Tennessee. Now, one Maury County community has passed legislation placing some restrictions on future short-term rentals.
OCTOBER 2024: City of Columbia hears public input on short-term rental regulation
Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder said short-term rentals have become popular even in smaller Middle Tennessee cities. Columbia's city council passed legislation to regulate short-term rentals, grandfathering in more than 100 short-term rentals that had already been operating in neighborhoods for the past 12 months.
However, the city agreed to limit new short-term rentals in neighborhoods, only allowing them in the urban corridor district in the city of Columbia. The mayor said it's important for Columbia to still keep some short-term rentals so tourists have places to stay.
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'In the city of Columbia, we also have a hotel shortage,' Molder said. 'When someone has a choice of staying in a hotel that may be five miles away from the inner core of our city versus staying at an Airbnb that may be a walkable distance to our downtown square, I think the preference is for short-term rentals.'
Molder said since city leaders met in the middle on short-term rental restrictions, they're hoping those properties will continue to attract visitors to the community.
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