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Bozeman commission approves temporary ban of vacation rental permits – Missoula looks to expand vacation rental options
"The planning board did a lot of research related to this issue, and what became clear was the cities with the most successful compliance were those that differentiated between standards for primary use – meaning someone who bought a home just to rent it out – and occasional use – someone who lives in their home but rents it out part of the year," Jenkins said.
She and other planning board members felt that the original draft ordinance proposed by the Land Use committee made the process of registering a tourist home very expensive and cumbersome. They felt that people would just keep their tourist home rentals a secret rather than getting all the necessary paperwork.
DAVID ERICKSON [email protected]
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Bozeman commission approves temporary ban of vacation rental permits
The decision came despite substantial public testimony largely in opposition to an interim zoning ordinance, with vacation rental operators and others arguing that the practice was being unfairly targeted and that action from the city was premature or outright unnecessary.
Other residents had previously lobbied the commission to look at restricting the practice, saying they were concerned about noise and traffic from an increasing number of homes converted to vacation rentals in their neighborhoods south of Main Street.
By Eric Dietrich Chronicle Staff Writer
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