North Gwinnett News

The City of Atlanta is now cracking down on people running short-term rentals, with plans calling for City Hall to begin enforcing a new ordinance designed to have short-term rental owners "held accountable" for community standards.

According to a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta, Atlanta city councilman Dustin Hillis joined the conversation, asking what is going on at the Cyan on Peachtree Apartments, a local complex that recently announced it was planning to open up the opportunity for residents to rent out their apartment with building management taking a cut from the bookings.

"Cyan on Peachtree… how are apartment complexes that have one owner able to subject their whole building to short-term rentals? I don't understand that," Hillis said.

With the new regulations including a permit requirement, city officials said that, out of the 7,000 short-term rental owners, it has received 1,200 applications and only 10% of all owners have been approved.

According to the report, the new regulation also restricts the number of short-term rentals a person can rent out, stipulating that each owner can do a rental for part of the home he or she lives in and one other property.

In pushing for greater accountability for short-term renters like Airbnb owners, city officials pointed to the story of one area resident who told council members "I have had to call the police more since 2016 than I have in my lifetime to come take care of parties, loud noise, pot smoke,” FOX 5 reports.