During Council’s Work Session held October 1, there was an update proposed to Laurel’s Code for “tourist homes” – these are essentially short-term rentals often facilitated via platforms like AirBnB, VRBO, and the like.

Right now, Laurel’s Code reads that:

  1. There can only be one tourist home per street, and
  2. The rental period must be for three days or more

The change proposed is that:

  1. There is no limit on the number of tourist homes
  2. There is no minimum number of days for the rental period

Following the Work Session, the Ordinance was temporarily removed from the legislative calendar to allow more time for review and conversation – And I’d like to ask you, the residents of Laurel, to reach out to me with any feedback or thoughts you have on the topic so it can be incorporated into the conversation.

Thank you as your input is critical toward helping shape legislation for our City!

(Note: A proposed change was also to disallow tourist homes in multi-family units, like apartments.)