A judge upheld a 2017 law that prohibits local jurisdictions from limiting Airbnbs and other short-term rentals.
An Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a 2017 state law that sharply limits the authority of local jurisdictions to restrict short-term rentals, reports Allaire Conte in the New York Post.
Like other parts of the country, Arizona has seen a sharp rise in housing prices since 2019 (a 42.2 percent increase in the Phoenix metro), with some city leaders calling for tighter restrictions on tourist rentals. But state law prevents local jurisdictions from enforcing bans on STRs.
The ruling was in reference to an attempt by the city of Sedona to prevent a mobile home park from converting some of its units to short-term rentals, basing the decision on local zoning laws. “Their ruling reinforced the grip of SB 1350, the 2017 law that bars jurisdictions from banning or broadly limiting short-term rentals. And for residents of that Sedona mobile home park, it raised the specter of being displaced in favor of nightly guests.”
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