Annapolis City Council members to vote on short

The Annapolis City Council is set to vote Monday on a bill aimed at limiting the number of short-term rentals.

The bill, proposed by Ward 1 Alderman Harry Huntley, would freeze new licenses once rentals reach 10% of a block. That is one side of a street between two cross streets.

The ordinance would apply citywide. The vote will take place at the 7 p.m. city council meeting.

"This is quite possibly the strictest crackdown on short-term rentals since we started regulating them," Huntley said. "Once a street hits 10% we will no longer issue any new licenses on that block face."

Huntley modeled the bill after similar rules in New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina. He said too many short-term rentals are changing the character of historic neighborhoods.

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