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Notice/Advertisement Title: Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee - Short Term Rentals Hearing
Contact Name: Pedro Mejia
Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-7565
Contact Email Address: PDMejia@columbus.gov
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Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee - Short Term Rentals Hearing
Meeting Minutes
December 9, 2025
4:30 P.M.
Council Chambers
PRESENT
Councilmember Emmanuel V. Remy, Councilmember Beatty, Pedro Mejia, Emiliana Morales, Nancy Sully Smith Weir, Tony Celebrezze, Resheda Hansard, Dave Docktor, Susan Sommerfeld, Charles Fitch, Nate Sheppard, Rob Lowenstein, Brad Bader, Tanisha Pruitt, Mark Carter, Kevin McCain
CALL TO ORDER4:34 P.M.
INTRODUCTION
[Chair Remy] Thank you for being here to learn about the current regulations on Short Term Rentals and legislation about Short Term Rentals in other communities and cities. This is an exploratory hearing, we are not looking at language or code changes today.
PRESENTATION: Current Trespass Authority for Division of Police
[Deputy Chief Weir] Over 1,500 service calls, and over 100 that ended up in an arrest. Today, short term rental companies and owners do not have a “Trespass Authorization” which makes it difficult for officers to respond to calls.
[Chair Remy] Are we specifically discussing about large parties at the few short term rentals? Or is there other reasons?
[Mr. Weir] It is not just large parties that may involve gun shots, but really the number one call is domestic violence or another similar issues. It is more to prevent a violent altercation from happening, not just large parties.
[Chair Remy] What does this mean in practice?
[Mr. Weir] Currently, we will have a party with a “promoter” or a someone at the door taking money to enter the party and have lines of young people or juveniles and officers have to spend time finding the owner in order to shut down the party. This takes time. If the Trespass Authorization was in place with the permitting process, this would not have t...
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