Number
241546
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
241415
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, PEREZ, AND CHAMBERS
Title
Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee's State Legislative Package relating to short-term rentals.
Analysis
This resolution amends the City of Milwaukee’s State Legislative Package to urge the state legislature to create the following requirements for short-term rentals operating within the city of Milwaukee:
1. Require that issues arising at specific short-term rental locations that involve the Milwaukee Police Department or the Department of Neighborhood Services, are listed on any platforms used by that property.
2. Require that all short-term rentals be owned or managed by Milwaukee residents.
3. Require owner and management contact information to be accessible and prominently displayed inside all short-term rental locations.
4. Require notification to be sent to all neighbors within 250 feet of a property if the property is listed as a short-term rental.
5. Require notification to be sent to all neighbors within 250 feet of a property if the short term rental location applies for a liquor license.
6. Require that all short-term rental platforms hosting properties in Milwaukee make their property registries public facing and user friendly.
Body
Whereas, Platform-based short-term rentals are a relatively new development in the residential housing market that remain ambiguously regulated; and
Whereas, Short-term rentals do not provide the kind of owner and consumer protections associated with traditional tourist housing accommodations like hotels; and
Whereas, Short-term rentals can have an adverse effect on neighborhood cohesion and housing costs by reducing the amount of available housing available to permanent residents; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Common Council File Number 241415, adopted January 21, 2025, is amended by inserting the following item into the docum...
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