COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) — A bill introduced in the Ohio legislature would make owners of short-term rentals such as those on Airbnb and VRBO no more or less restricted than other real estate rental owners.
State Representative Sarah Fowler Arthur (R-Ashtabula) and State Representative Ron Ferguson (R-Jefferson, Monroe and Belmont) filed Bill 563 which seeks to eliminate the making of regulations that would prohibit outright short-term rentals (STR) and would limit the duration of use.
The bill does not prohibit local municipalities from regulating STRs, it only ensures that STRs are subject to the same regulations as long-term rentals and that those regulations address public safety or nuisance issues.
“Ohioans should always have the right to use what is often their most prized asset, their home, as an investment to earn money through short-term rentals,” Fowler Arthur said. . “Short-term rentals also help drive traffic to countless small businesses — restaurants, stores, and tourist attractions — across the state. Eliminating short-term rentals is hurting Ohio’s economy.
The bill aims to:
- Eliminate the adoption and enforcement of any by-law, restriction, or other resolution or ordinance that does any of the following: (1) Prohibits short-term rental properties; (2) Regulates the number, length or frequency of rental periods for short-term rental properties.
- Ensure that DOS regulations are enacted or enforced in the same manner as for similar properties that are not short-term rental properties and that focus on public safety and nuisance issues.
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