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Members of the Dallas City Plan Commission decided in a split vote Thursday to define short-term rentals as a lodging use and limit them to areas where such uses are allowed, thereby prohibiting short-term rentals from residential areas. Over the course of the nine-hour meeting, there was talk of enforcing regulations against “bad actors,” allowing…
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As the debate over short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods rages on in Dallas, another room-sharing platform has entered the mix but doesn’t appear to have much traction locally. Hundreds of Dallas-Fort Worth properties are featured on short-term rental sites like Airbnb and Vrbo, and we’ve talked to several readers who enjoy using Swimply — which…
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Douglas Elliman Reality is listing a 2,389-square-foot single-family, fully furnished house loaded with classic arcade machines.
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People across the country are trying to go for one last dip in the record-breaking heat this summer — but some are saying “not so fast” to a national pool-sharing program. We reported last week on the gaining popularity of Swimply, a social platform like Airbnb where homeowners rent swimming pools to guests for the…
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Dallas’s Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee talked in a two-plus-hour workshop Tuesday about code violations, nuisances, party houses, specific use permits, and “putting teeth” into the city’s development code governing short-term rentals. The panel was slated to review the development code and define a new use called “short-term rental lodging.” Committee members agreed to direct staff…
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