city illegally telling me to shut down my Air BNBS ?

[Ashley Turner]

I have 2 rentals (they are townhouses right next to each other) for 2 years now, I have been doing air BNB out of them and the return is great and I was able to make this my full time job by doing the cleaning on my own! I love it and I’ve never been happier! 

When I first started I went to city hall, and asked if there was anything I had to do and to make sure it was allowed, they basically just told me everything fine it’s so new we really don’t have any rules in place do what you want…. Fast forward 2 years I get a letter in the mail saying I am to shut my air bnbs down immediately! 

Now I didn’t know much about zoning or any of this until this happened but I’ve did a lot of research, and I think what they are doing is illegal, they are treating me as if I am in a U-1 zone but I am a U-2 and in the picture below it says I am able to run an apartment hotel in this zone. So I’m unclear why I need to even go in front of city council and the zoning commission (and they also told me I will be denied before even giving me a chance)

Now they sent me a email the day of,  cramming both meeting with the planning and zoning back to back, today! 

If anyone is able to give me any advice or help. It would be appreciated!

I am in Brookpark OH and in a U-2 A4 zone