To the Airbnb host in Cottonwood Heights, Utah

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Elsa46
Level 3
Cottonwood Heights, UT

To the Airbnb host in Cottonwood Heights, Utah

I am reaching out to let you know that on Nov. 1st at Cottonwood Heights City Hall I was told that Airbnb will be discussed.  Mike who was the leader at this small house meeting for Cottonwood Neighbors said that the subject is a can of worms!  There were people who were pro and con for our small business.  I didn't speak up because there wasn't much time for the subject but those who did speak in favor for us were very nice, the other side course was stern about the subject.

 

Please call the City Hall and make sure if the subject is on the agenda, I will do the same.  Without my knowing until the small meeting I went to our small business has been brought to the table of the Cottonwood City.  Mike wasn't in favor for or against but did say that enforcing laws of Cottonwood Heights would be way too consuming for there are 100's of us.

 

I feel that we need to express the good this small business has done for all.  They can't just single out one Airbnb person and target to comply so they have just let the can of worms just sit on the shelf.  I think we can turn the lemons into lemonade.

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Kimberly369
Level 2
Salt Lake City, UT

Hi All, I have been running an Airbnb since May 2019 and having great success.  It has been 100% positive.  I have to shut in 30 days now after I received a citation from the City of Cottonwood Heights yesterday.  I went down to the City Hall on Bengal and they confirmed that city ordinances prohibit Airbnb for single family dwellings where the owner lives onsite.  I am devastated but, of course, will comply.  My son runs his Airbnb in Raleigh, NC, and he gave me the idea to try it.  He told me that the city of Raleigh also had laws on the books prohibiting "short term rentals" in a residence property but that the city let it exist under the radar and then finally changed the law to allow the Airbnb and other types of home sharing to exist.  Airbnb and similar types of companies are not exactly "short term rentals" and many cities end up making changes to accommodate them.  Maybe we can also work with our community to allow for it. 

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Elsa46
Level 3
Cottonwood Heights, UT

Found out today by searching on Google "City Ordinance for Short Term in Cottonwood Heights " that this thread is made available to anybody. I didn't like that at all. I wonder if that is in Airbnb fine print? 

@Elsa46 Anything you write on a public forum, not just this one, is available to see with a Google search.