“Bowling Green needs to be prepared for the positive and negative effects of STRs with some form of control and regulation.” Other college towns are implementing these kinds of regulations, Ricard said. The city should require registration and fees with yearly renewal and penalties for non-compliance.īoth bed and breakfast and short-term rentals should be conditional uses in R-1, R-2, and Central Residential District. They asked that short term rentals be added as a new land use category and “create regulations that are easy to find, easy to comply with, and easy to enforce.” Without regulation “the negatives will definitely tip the scale,” Ricard said. These rentals can cause the deterioration of neighborhoods and do not pay lodging and excise taxes. This reduces the available housing stock without addressing the need for more housing for permanent residents. Houses are purchased as investment properties to be used for short term rentals, which generate more income than traditional rentals. While they have their benefits, such as attracting tourists and providing housing during special campus and community events, they have many drawbacks. The proposed zoning code makes no mention of short term rentals (STRs). While those exist throughout the city, they are concentrated close to campus and close to downtown. While they urge the city to revert to some language regarding bed and breakfast establishments in the existing ordinance, the focus was on short term rentals.Īccording to the statement read by Ricard, there are currently no bed and breakfast rentals in Bowling Green, and 24 listings on Airbnb and Vrbo for short term rentals. They distinguished these from a bed and breakfast, which is owner occupied, and the guest rents a bedroom and is provided breakfast. Steve Ricard presented a statement written by himself and Tom Knox that called for regulation of short term rentals, such as those offered through Airbnb and Vrbo. After having lobby visitation dominated in recent meetings by discussions of the proposed Pedestrian Residential Zoning, one resident added a new twist to the debate over the proposed updated zoning code.
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