Short-Term Rentals: Daily Notes | November 9, 2026

GENEVA, NY

A 3% occupancy tax will apply to every short-term rental transaction after City Council voted 8-0 to adopt the levy on November 4, putting rental guests on equal footing with hotel, motel and bed-and-breakfast guests who already pay the same rate.

Mayor Jim Cecere said the city already holds state authorization to collect the tax and that booking platforms such as Airbnb will collect it instead of owners with the revenue going toward infrastructure. City staff will return with an implementation timeline over the next few months now that Geneva has its own rental registry.

GILROY, CA

Measure B is on track to pass with 65% voter support, giving City Council authority to raise the transient occupancy tax charged on hotels, motels and short-term rentals from 9% to as much as 13%.

City Administrator Matt Morley said the plan is to set the rate at 11% starting January 1, 2027 which would bring in about $300,000 a year in general fund revenue compared with roughly $700,000 at the 13% ceiling. Any later increase up to the voter-approved maximum would need council approval at a public meeting and would take effect 60 days later.

AUGUSTA, GA

Downtown, some business areas and farmland would be the only zones open to short-term rentals under proposed zoning rules commissioners are drafting in a city with no rental-specific rules today.

Augusta Zoning Ordinance, Revised October 23, 2026
Augusta’s revised zoning ordinance draft removes earlier short-term rental restrictions as officials continue reviewing proposed land-use rules ahead of final adoption.

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Rentals paid about $1.1 million in hotel-motel tax last year, more than 11% of the total, and the Coliseum Authority which gets part of that money does not yet know how the rewrite would affect it. The draft has no exemption for Masters rental though commissioners do not expect it to affect homeowners who rent during the tournament and hope to have a final draft before the new year.

BEDFORD, OH

Chapter 1967 of the city code which covers short-term rentals, bed-and-breakfasts and Airbnbs is set for a rewrite after City Council voted unanimously to place the amending legislation on first reading without discussing its details.

Councilman Cory Berry said the measure will go through multiple readings that give residents more chances to raise concerns before a final vote with dates for those readings to be confirmed. The step adds Bedford to a group of Cuyahoga County suburbs including Berea, Cleveland Heights and Lakewood that have adopted or are weighing their own rental rules.

COLUMBIA FALLS, MT

Every short-term rental in the city would need a Special Provisions Permit starting in January 2027 under a proposed program presented to City Council that sets a $400 initial fee, a $250 annual renewal and $100 for each additional unit.

Councilors review public comment November 16 before a vote on December 7 while the city will use monitoring software to enforce its 3% resort tax and cancel permits on June 1, 2027 for owners who neither pay back taxes nor set up a payment plan with penalties up to $500 a day for anyone who keeps advertising after revocation.

ORANGE BEACH, AL

Airbnb rules taking effect November 20 have coastal rental managers raising public safety concerns that they will be left unsure who is sleeping in the homes they manage and City Council is expected to consider an ordinance that could protect property managers.

The issue reaches the state's biggest tourism engine since an estimated 7.1 million visitors came to Alabama's Gulf Coast last year and many of them stayed in vacation homes and condos booked through Airbnb.

CONYERS, GA

Ordinances 1488 and 1490 are off the table after City Council agreed to abandon both short-term rental proposals at its November 4 work session following months of discussion and opposition from residents worried about the impact of Airbnb-style rentals on their neighborhoods.

The two measures would have established where short-term rentals could operate in the city and created a permitting and enforcement system for properties rented to guests for 30 days or less.

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