Last Tuesday afternoon, the conference room at the Chattanooga City Council building on Lindsay Street was packed.
Chairs were brought in to accommodate an interested crowd of roughly two dozen people who lined the perimeter of the room as a dedicated committee of council members and staff continued a months-long discussion about how to best regulate short-term vacation rentals in the city.
In April, council members placed a temporary pause on applications for all rentals not occupied by the property owner as officials worked out how to best refine the city’s rules. They expect to consider revisions before the moratorium ends in January, and the entire council will discuss the issue during a strategic planning meeting Tuesday, to be followed by another committee meeting Nov. 1.
Regulating rentals