PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- City Council recently passed a six-month moratorium on short-term rentals.

“Moratoriums give us an opportunity to be thorough and diligent when studying a topic of importance and put a pause on any activity,” Parma Heights City Council President Tom Rounds said.

“The latest short-term moratorium was brought to us by the administration with concerns that there were potential loopholes in our current legislation. Parma Heights is a community of neighborhoods. We want to be sure to preserve this.”

The recent legislation comes after a previous six-month moratorium was approved earlier this year.

Rounds said the idea then was tied to the safety committee studying the ordinance, followed by recommendations that were approved.

“At that time, our focus was that we didn’

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