Short-term home rentals may be restricted in Brookhaven zoning code

The city of Brookhaven may restrict Airbnb and similar short-term home rental services in its new zoning code.

A proposed draft of the city’s zoning ordinance rewrite bans short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods and only allows them through a special land use permit process in multifamily residential properties, in certain areas of the Peachtree Overlay and the proposed new mixed-use districts.

But some Planning Commission members have said they believe homeowners ought to also have the right to list their property with short-term rental agencies like Airbnb as a way to make extra cash.   Continue at Reporter Newspapers