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Ann Arbor OKs exceptions for Airbnb houses in hopes of avoiding lawsuit fight
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Prentice Partners of Ann Arbor built this six-bed house at 1505 White St. that’s a dedicated Airbnb house. Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI More than 140 short-term rental properties in Ann Arbor’s residential neighborhoods may keep operating under new regulations finalized this week.
City Council voted 7-4 along factional lines to OK new rules with exceptions allowing existing short-term rentals like dedicated Airbnb houses to remain in neighborhoods.
The previous council voted last September to ban them effective March 1, but Mayor Christopher Taylor and his allies, who regained control of council in November, now are allowing existing operators to continue in hopes of avoiding a lawsuit fight they think the city would lose.
“It is a total package for people with a aligned purpose to live and work,” she said.
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Poscher notes that 4M has taken additional steps to be sustainable in line with Ann Arbor’s environmental goals, from the rooftop solar panels to additional stormwater management to the bicycles, electric scooters and electric vehicles that will be available for renters to use without that they have to be an owner themselves. a car.
“We have installed a scooter and we will be partnering with Spin scooters,” she said.