Kootenai County will propose regulations on short-term vacation rentals to hold homeowners more accountable for their guests and clarify existing laws. County commissioners have directed staff to draft an ordinance that would affect unincorporated areas of the county, so no cities would be affected. Existing county law does not contemplate the use of a single-family home as a short-term rental. "Frankly, our regulations are not unusual in that sense," said David Callahan, the county's community development director. "Until about 2007 or 2008, with the invention of VRBO (vacation rentals by owner), Airbnb and other similar Internet-based home rental businesses, short-term rentals weren't such a big deal. Now it's an international business valued in the billions." Callahan said it's too early to say what exactly Kootenai County's proposed ordinance will look like/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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