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I think you are being too specific in what you are saying is an issue. If you rent out your house on AirBnB, you are not expecting commercial business to be don
by ChrisBland 11y ago
I think you are being too specific in what you are saying is an issue. If you rent out your house on AirBnB, you are not expecting commercial business to be done in your home. Would you be upset if someone rented your home on AirBnB and then ran a small sweatshop out of it? What if they used it as a temporary slaughter house for animals? The base fact is they used a private property for commercial purposes when they were not legally allowed to do so. To me the general issue is private use vs commercial use.
- sandworm101 11y agoOr if an attorney rented the home for a week to meet with a client. Or even to shelter a client (think domestic violence) or shield their movements from reporters (celebs/royalty). That happens all the time, but remains commercial activity in a rented unit.
- ryanlol 11y agoWhy would any of those things be a problem as long as the house is either properly cleaned afterwards or the cleaning fees are paid.
- MichaelBurge 11y agoZoning regulations have been around for nearly a century. They caused a ruckus when they first appeared("Why can the government limit what I do with my personal property?"), but their legality is well-established by the Supreme Court. Violations of these sort(zoning, not paying property taxes, etc.) attach liens to the property, not the owner or renter. So it can be hard to dodge the consequences if you get fined. Granted, this argument doesn't apply in Houston, Texas which doesn't have zoning laws. So if the comment you're responding to truly believes his argument, he'd be forced to accept the practice in Houston.