Short-Term Rentals: Weekly Briefing | July 27-31, 2026 (30)

🔝 Top Stories This Week

• Riverside County, CA: Supervisors voted 5-0 on July 28 to advance stricter rules that suspend operators after three citations in a year and allow revocation at five.
• Maui County, HI: Council members voted 7-1 on July 28 to advance two resolutions reclassifying roughly 2,056 apartment-district units into new H3 and H4 hotel zones.
• Anchorage, AK: Hosts faced a July 30 deadline to register under Ordinance AO 2025-115 (S-2) which requires a municipal STR number on every listing starting July 31.
• Clark County, NV: A proposed ordinance would bar platforms from processing payments for unlicensed rentals, sidestepping a December 2025 federal injunction that halted fines against owners and platforms.

📍 Regional Highlights

• Bella Vista, AR: City Council rejected a cap increase 4-1 with one abstention on July 27, holding the ceiling at 600 rather than the proposed 687.
• North Charleston, SC: Neighbors called for tighter oversight after a July 25 shooting at a rental party killed one juvenile and injured three others.
• Indianapolis, IN: Owner Jack Haniels said VRBO bore responsibility for a July 26 party shooting that wounded a 15-year-old girl and officials gave him 30 days to register.
• Forest Park, IL: Mayor Rory Hoskins said on July 27 the village is drafting registration rules after six police reports at 905 Lathrop Avenue fell short of the chronic nuisance threshold.
• Santa Barbara, CA: Transient occupancy tax filings move to the 15th of each month starting August 1 under a City Council ordinance adopted June 16.
• Holmes Beach, FL: Code compliance staff convened the annual stakeholders meeting on July 21 for a market that has grown from 245 registered units in 2016 to roughly 1,600 today.

✅ New Ordinances Approved

• Norwich, VT: The selectboard unanimously adopted interim zoning bylaws on July 22 requiring owner-occupied hosts to register and pay $250, with the rules running through July 2028.
• Centreville, MD: Zoning Administrator Peter Flint said the ordinance no longer matched current activity as the Town Council approved a six-month moratorium on July 16 covering rentals, boardinghouses and bed-and-breakfasts.

💬 Catch Up on Discussions

• Omaha, NE: Councilmember Ron Hug expects a registration ordinance within the month which is narrowed from a Lincoln-style licensing plan after pushback.
• Columbus, MS: Mayor Stephen Jones asked the city attorney on July 21 whether the council can cap how many rentals operate though the council cleared five more that same evening.
• Beacon, NY: Council members opened a review of the 2020 law on July 20 and asked City Attorney Nick Ward-Willis and planner Natalie Quinn to draft enforcement amendments.
• Jonesboro, AR: West End and Bridger Place residents pressed the council on July 21 to tighten rules after a May party drew police with City Attorney Carol Duncan saying the privilege license system needs revision.
• Marquette, MI: Commissioner Mike Larson floated a hotel tax on July 27 that would cover short-term rentals, but no formal action followed.
• Buena Vista, CO: Trustees took up a narrower draft at a July 28 work session that ties license caps to zoning districts with R-1 areas receiving the lowest allowance.
• Richardson, TX: Council members agreed on July 27 to require 500 feet between rentals and raise the annual fee while the existing permits will remain untouched.
• Hernando County, FL: A proposed ordinance would require a Certificate of Use and set local caps on occupancy and parking under Florida Statutes Chapter 509.
• Verona, WI: Council members reopened the seven-night minimum stay on July 27 but delayed a decision after Attorney Bryan Kleinmaier favored licensing over zoning.
• Carroll, NH: Planning officials began a zoning rewrite with the North Country Council that places short-term rentals alongside accessory dwelling units and tiny homes.
• Columbia, MO: Historic Old Southwest residents organized in mid-July against amendments that would shift licensing to city staff and narrow conditional use permit requirements.

📅 Future Meetings and Public Hearings/Comments

• Clark County, NV: Commissioners review the platform payment ban on August 4.
• Richardson, TX: A final vote on spacing and fees lands August 10.
• Columbia, MO: The amendments return to council the same day, August 10.

• Riverside County, CA: Supervisors finalize the ordinance on August 25.

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