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More than a year after individuals living on St. Armands and Lido keys called on officials to address issues attributed to large vacation rentals in residential areas, the City Commission approved a series of new regulations April 6 responding to those concerns.
After a series of votes sorting through specific provisions, the commission voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance establishing an occupancy limit, registration requirement and other regulations for vacation rentals in barrier island neighborhoods. The board must approve the ordinance on second reading at its May 3 meeting before the regulations take effect.
Although commissioners disagreed on some of the details of the ordinance, the board hoped the capacity requirement and other rules could meaningfully mitigate problems with vacation rentals on the barrier islands. In late 2019, residents said the presence of large rental properties which the St. Armands Residents Association called “hotel houses” was an un