By T. Scott Boatright
There are now rules and regulations in place for short-term housing rentals in the city of Grambling.
That comes after Grambling’s City Council passed a resolution to regulate short-term rentals in a move to both govern and increase tax revenue after a vote held during Thursday’s monthly meeting at City Hall.
The new ordinance defines a short-term rental as a residence at least part of which is rented for overnight lodging for fewer than 30 straight days.
And the short-term rentals resolution mandates that a permit must be renewed annually and needs to have a designated local representative who is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and resides no more than 60 minutes away.
The ordinance limits short-term rental’s locations to 10 adults that can stay overnight in a short-term rental. Neighbors living within a 500-foot radius of a short-term rental must be notified of the business’s existence.
Weddings, corporate events, commercial events, parties, or other functions that would negatively impact areas where the short-term rentals are located will not be allowed.
The council began moving toward a short-term rental ordinance in late 2023 and the proposal had previously been discussed twice, but both times, the latest being last month, Grambling’s City Council tabled any action to gather information on the matter.
