Short-Term Rentals: Daily Notes | August 17, 2026

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Olympic visitors hoping to book a private home in one of Southern California's wealthiest enclaves will need another plan as Beverly Hills leaders declined on August 11, 2026 to lift the city's short-term rental ban for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games arriving in July and August 2028.

The prohibition took effect September 5, 2025 following adoption on July 15, 2025 and treats any lease shorter than 12 consecutive months as a short-term rental with tenancies with potential to shift to month-to-month only after that first full year. It reaches single-family homes and condominiums as well as multifamily units, guest houses and accessory dwelling units.

PLAINFIELD, NJ

Short-term rental rules finally cleared the Plainfield City Council on Monday after two earlier attempts collapsed under pressure from residents and hosts. That makes three restriction ordinances in ten months for the Union County city and each one has arrived softer than the version it replaced.

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The push began in October 2025 with heavy limits that sailed through first reading on a 6-1 vote before objections at second reading forced a shelving. A softened rewrite in June capped hosts near 15 bookings a year while barring non-owner-occupied properties outright, then stalled on July 13 as well before the council returned with the language now on the books.

PACIFICA, CA

California Coastal Commission members meet on Aug. 12, 2026 when commissioners approved changes to Pacifica’s short-term rental regulations.

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A five-year regulatory standoff moved toward resolution on August 12, 2026 when state commissioners certified Pacifica's short-term rental ordinance with changes that favor hosts.

Gone are the primary residency mandate and the 60-night limit on unhosted stays, both cut after staff argued they would shrink visitor lodging on the San Mateo County coast. What remains is still substantial and includes a 150-permit citywide cap, one permit per operator, an individuals-only ownership rule and noise standards for guests. The Planning Commission and City Council take up the revised package next.

BROOMFIELD, CO

Voters will decide this November whether short-term rental and hotel stays in Broomfield carry a much higher tax. A unanimous city council vote on August 11, 2026 sent the measure to the November 3 ballot proposing an increase from 1.6% to 6%.

The 1.6% rate has gone untouched since voters approved it in November 1997 for gateway corridor and major roadway landscaping; it now sits well below neighboring cities charging 7% to 10%. Councilmember Katie Peterson used that gap to explain the size of the hike while the money it raises would go to the Broomfield Housing Alliance.

TYBEE ISLAND, GA

Coastal Georgia homeowners got their first real say on a rental overhaul this month after residents spoke at an August 13 public hearing on Tybee Island. The proposal arrives one week after a judge dismissed the industry lawsuit challenging the city's authority to regulate rentals through zoning.

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Under the draft, the island is split into four zones with caps of 60% in eastern beach and southern commercial areas while 30% in western and northern residential areas. A waiting list would govern new permits and code officers would work until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

STARKEY, NY

An early-stage conversation about vacation rental rules opens this week in New York wine country with Starkey officials in Yates County to take resident questions and comments on August 17, 2026.

The town has written nothing yet and wants to gauge resident sentiment before drafting a law so anyone hoping to weigh in has to show up in person because no remote option was announced. Owners should remember that Yates County rules already apply and require registration plus a Certificate of Authority displayed inside each rental.

MISSOULA, MT

Short-term rental hosts in western Montana face a sharp tax jump after lawmakers rewrote how residential property is valued. City officials said on August 12 that a median-priced $507,000 second home or short-term rental will owe $3,510 in Missoula city taxes this fall instead of $1,542. Final budget adoption is set for August 17 with county commissioners following on September 3.

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Properties rented for fewer than 28 days do not qualify for the new homestead exemption so they absorb the burden lifted off primary residences and long-term rentals. City records list about 400 registered short-term rentals with 218 classified as tourist homes.

OAKLEY, CA

A downtown trial for unhosted vacation rentals is moving forward after the Oakley City Council approved a pilot program on August 11, 2026 that lets owners rent out entire homes inside the Downtown Specific Plan district without staying on site. The decision carves a narrow exception into a citywide rule that had required hosts to remain on the property throughout every guest stay.

No more than 15 permits may be active at once and each one is tied to a property serving as the owner's primary residence. Permits renew annually and a unit can hold only a single rental agreement at a time so operators cannot split one property across concurrent bookings. Weddings auctions and other commercial events remain off limits across the roughly 200 residential units that sit inside the eligible boundary.

IRVING, TX

Tighter permitting arrived for Irving vacation rentals last July 31, 2026 after council members backed ordinance 2026-160-UDC without a single dissenting vote the previous day. Properties rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days now sit under stricter zoning review whenever a new operator wants to open in a residential district.

Renting individual rooms is off the table unless the owner lives on site and no unsupervised minors may stay. Parking rules demand four off-street spaces with one more for every bedroom beyond four.

Irving’s new short-term rental requirements are in effect. What does that mean for residents?

New requirements for short-term rentals went into effect July 31. Irving’s code enforcement director breaks down the specifics.

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FOLLY BEACH, SC

A South Carolina judge has struck down the short-term rental cap that Folly Beach voters approved in a February 2023 referendum. Ninth Judicial Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rode ruled on August 14, 2026 that the 800-license limit on investor rentals and the city's rental registration fee were adopted unlawfully because taxing power rests with city council rather than with voters which left the registration fee as what he described as an improper tax disguised as a fee.

That reasoning handed a win to Park Lane Partners LLC and owner Elizabeth Spratt Cooper after they sued in 2024 over how the referendum was carried out. City officials countered that the ruling weighs only the method of adoption and leaves the cap itself intact so Folly Beach will keep enforcing the limit while it appeals.

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