By Scott Shumaker | East Valley Tribune
The Mesa City Council will consider adopting new short-term rental rules Oct. 17 that would require rental owners to obtain a $250 license, submit local emergency contact information and notify neighbors when a property will be used as a short-term rental, among other new stipulations.
The proposed rules align with a state law passed in the last legislative session granting cities more power to oversee short-term rentals. And they are similar to those recently adopted by Scottsdale City Council.
After preempting the authority of cities to regulate vacation rentals in 2016, the state Legislature has been slowly meting out powers back to local governments, following lobbying by cities and other stakeholders – balanced by lobbying from vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and local owners.
