Short term rentals will most likely be postponed until the Oct 15th city council meeting. Our issue was originally scheduled to be brought up at the Oct 8th meeting. We'll know more the morning of Oct 8th, but some members of the city council are asking for a postponement of this issue until the Oct 15th city council meeting and so it will most likely be postponed until then. We'll post an update here if we get more information. The best place for updates would be to join our Facebook Group or follow us on Twitter at the links below. We're coming up on another city council meeting. This could be the final meeting where short term rentals are discussed. If you haven't attended a meeting or even if you have, this is the meeting to attend. Austin's short term rental rights could be taken away at this meeting. 1: Use this link to send a message to the Mayor and all council members. Tell them why your support short term rentals - in your own words. Your personal experiences will help. https://austintexas.gov/email/all-council-members 2: Come to City Hall on Oct 15th at 10 am. RSVP at the Facebook Event below and invite your Facebook friends. Post your stories as comments on the event page. Wear blue and show your support to keep short term rental rights in Austin. HomeAway and Airbnb will be handing out stickers to help show your support. https://www.facebook.com/events/1481122765524793/ Join on Social Media to Get Regular Updates: Join Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atxstrs/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atxstrs Below are some of the items being discussed, but they can bring up any other items without notice or public input. Council Member Pool's STR Resolutions - Possible ban on STRs in residential zoned areas - Increase license fees for STRs - Ways to more easily remove or deny STR licenses Council Member Tovo's STR Resolutions - Initiate a phased-in process to limit Type 2 STRs to commercially zoned areas and require Conditional Use Permits for continued operation of Type 2 STRs in single family zoning. - Limit Type 3 STRs in multifamily units in commercially zoned areas at no more than 3% by property and census. - Make Type 2 STRs and non-owner occupied Type 3 STRs subject to federal ADA requirements as commercial places of lodging for the first time (this would essentially ban all of these STRs). - For any STR application or license renewal, require both owner and property manager to certify that they have no outstanding code or APD violations within the last two years.