Dallas City Council members are expected to vote Wednesday on whether or not the rentals should be considered lodging. If so, the rentals would be limited to areas in the city where hotels are allowed.
60 people signed up to speak at Dallas City Hall with many of them wearing ‘Home Not Hotels’ shirts to show their support for city council members to vote to define short-term rentals as a lodging use. Some city council members have argued that the lodging definition could expose the city to court challenges.
But proponents of the zoning solution argue other similar city ordinances have withstood legal challenges already.3 years later, Dallas City Council set to officially vote on regulations for short-term rentals Just days after gunfire erupted in a Dallas neighborhood from a loud party at a vacation rental, the Dallas City Council makes a move to regulate short-term rentals. Council members plan to officially vote next week on regulation recommendations.
Legal experts have said that courts give a lot of latitude to cities when it comes to zoning decisions. Friday, an assistant city manager issued a memo
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