Short-Term Rentals: Daily Notes | November 12, 2026

LAWRENCEBURG, KY

A three-month moratorium on new short-term rental applications took effect November 2 after City Council approved the pause at its November meeting. The city has stopped accepting, reviewing and processing requests for new rentals including Airbnb properties.

Officials plan to use the time to review the growing number of rentals in town, set regulations and address tax enforcement on the properties while Mayor Troy Young said the pause lets the city's zoning adjustment board get organized before council next meets on December 7.

HUDSON, OH

Proposed limits of 15 short-term rental permits citywide and 500-foot spacing between rentals are on hold indefinitely after City Council voted November 10 to table the ordinance at the request of council member Patricia Goetz who cited pending state action such as Senate Bill 104 that would restrict how Ohio communities regulate rentals.

The plan would cap permits at six in Ward 1 and three each in Wards 2, 3 and 4 while letting the city's 19 registered rentals keep operating. Unlike earlier delays in June and September, the vote sets no date for reconsideration.

EDMOND, OK

Justices on the state Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on November 10 that a homeowner's short-term rental violated the Silverhawk neighborhood's covenants limiting lots to private residence use and barring businesses, reinstating a district court judgment that includes an injunction against the rental and $8,528 in HOA assessments and penalties.

The home hosted 36 stays and 141 guests between late 2021 and late 2023 while four dissenting justices said the covenant did not clearly ban short-term rentals. The ruling turns on Silverhawk's specific wording rather than letting every Oklahoma HOA ban rentals.

Court backs HOA, bars Airbnb rentals under standard covenant

Four justices dissented, citing a majority of states that ruled the other way

Mortgage ProfessionalRegielyn Santiago

Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds specific HOA bans on short-term rentals

The 5-4 ruling says an Edmond neighborhood's specific covenants bar the homeowner’s rental operation as a business. A dissent argued the restrictions do not clearly prohibit short-term rentals.

KTULRick Maranon

NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, MI

Township officials heard sharply divided views at a November 9 town hall held to gather input during a 12-month moratorium on new short-term rental licenses as residents described noise and large gatherings while owners who bought homes expecting to rent them asked for grandfathering.

Speakers proposed occupancy limits of two adults per bedroom, licensing caps, density limits, progressive penalties and waiting lists for new permits. A local Realtor cited 285 rentals and 28 complaints over the past year including 11 over the Fourth of July weekend.

GREEN LAKE, WI

Two new short-term rentals won unanimous Plan Commission approval on November 9 despite resident concerns that vacation rentals are eating into the city's affordable and workforce housing supply.

Both must meet the ordinance's rule that an owner occupy the home 30 days a year and when one couple asked to shorten the seven-night consecutive rental requirement, the city attorney said that would take an ordinance amendment. The city clerk noted the city can request rental logs to check compliance and is considering a third-party monitoring company.

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