. | Courtesy of Key Source PropertiesThe Planning Commission didn’t favor the most drastic option — prohibiting non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in residential areas — but the commission did recommend that Louisville Metro Council approve several other changes to its short-term rental ordinance, commonly referred to as the Airbnb ordinance.The suggested changes include:Increase the annual registration fee for short-term rentals to $100 from $25.Require hosts to post a copy of their city-issued registration near the entrance of the property so that it is visible from the exterior.Require the host to provide their name, telephone number and emergency contact information to adjacent property owners.Have a licensed fire prevention inspector or a home inspector inspect non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to determine any safety issues.Require non-owner-occupied short-term rental hosts to register their rental within 60 days of receiving a conditional use permit, or the permit will be null and void.Permit the city planning director to deny short-term rental registration to any host who has had his or her registration revoked within one year of application for the new registration.

I deny based on town regs and advise the tenant or applicant the day and time of town council meetings if they want to voice their opinion on the issue. 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7pm baby!

You need competent council from an experience RE attorney.   

They even set up a licensing program, with three different types of licenses.But the City Council just banned one type of license a couple weeks ago, which is what 70% of the STRs fall under. 

Do you want to be $300 under market when the local city council or our state government decides to implement a 2% max increase per year?

Hey Oakland Investors, As you know, or are finding out now, the Oakland City Council is going to vote to eliminate the rent control exemption for duplexes and Triplexes on Tuesday February 5th 2019. 

If you decide you need to seek legal council - My uncle is Mark Abendroth at Abendroth and Russell.

For me, it involved getting approval by the planning department and then going to a vote at the city council.

Check with your local municipality or seek legal council familiar with your jurisdiction.But my guess would be, yes, it's probably perfectly legal.

Part of the rarity of multis comes from the zoning overlays the city did a while back to preserve parking and limit too much of a population boom (usually the ZBA and neighborhood councils are the hurdle in that equation.