Short Term Rentals
New information on short-term rentals was presented to the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, with some city leaders asserting that a zoning change would not solve the problem of nuisance and crime-ridden properties. Planning and Urban Design Director Julia Ryan recommended regulating short-term rentals by building into the registration ordinance things like density caps “so…
Starting Monday, new short-term rentals won’t be allowed in the City of Plano. A temporary, year-long ban starts May 15. Short-term rentals have been discussed in Plano and several other North Texas municipalities for the past year or more. Plano residents pleaded with the council in November for zoning changes that would regulate or ban…
Some Dallas City Council members were ready last month to take a vote once and for all on whether short-term rental homes could continue operating within residential neighborhoods. It didn’t happen. In fact, the council gave city staff a lot more work to do, prompting City Manager T.C. Broadnax to suggest that staff prepare another…
Below is a memo filed Friday, April 14, by Dallas Assistant City Manager Carl Simpson in response to questions that arose during a council briefing on short-term rentals held earlier this month. Following the April 4 council briefing, City Manager T.C. Broadnax said staff would research the matter and bring back more data for an…
In case you missed it, the Dallas City Council held a seven-hour meeting on short-term rentals Tuesday. It’s challenging to cull down all that talk into a 1,000-word report, and we encourage those interested to watch the video. But there was plenty that didn’t make it into the CandysDirt.com coverage, including a lively discussion among…
