The meeting lasted late into the night, but the Dallas City Council has finally approved new regulation for short term rentals after nearly 4 years of debate.
The Dallas countil imposed zoning restrictions to remove the rentals from single family neighborhoods. The rental properties must also be registered and licensed with the city.
As a compromise, the rentals from apps like Airbnb and VRBO will still be allowed in commercial areas and multi-family neighborhoods.
The final vote was 12 to 3 after a push to grandfather existing single family neighborhood STR's that are already paying hotel taxes was defeated in a closer 7 to 8 vote, according to NBC 5.
Regulations for remaining STR's were also approved to take effect in December.
The enforcement delay allows short term rental operators time to wind down and city code enforcement time to gear up.
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