You mitigate risk by working with qualified council.

At the last city council the mayor made a motion to bring the STR policy back to the council.

@Bruce Woodruff It took me awhile to figure it out but when one has friends that end up as politicians (judges, city council members) and work for the infamous Charlie Wilson then one thinks a little different.

I'm late to the party @Eric GrossThanks @Brian Gibbons for the invitation, LOL, and that verse isn't the UCC but an opinion, appears to be by the state or council. 

Sounds like you don't have many options unfortunetly without getting legal council involved with the sublease situation.James Storey, CCIM

There have been numerous council meetings about where/what/how to build housing for displaced residents.

Here hereI sat in a town building council meeting last night watching multiple home owners arguing their case for variances for their personal building projects.

As you may already know, Council President Lisa Bender and Council Member Jeremiah Ellison are co-authoring a Renter’s Protections Ordinance set for adoption in early 2019.

But it sounds to me, that from this proposed regulation that (As Amended by City Council 3/26/2018) a STR owner needs to occupy the residential property.

If there's nothing against it in the zoning codes, I would not solicit the advice of neighbors who are highly likely to turn out to a city council meeting and cause trouble for you.