The mere existence of short term rentals is a societal and neighborhood-level problems. Banning the behaviors requires enforcement every time. It means someone

The mere existence of short term rentals is a societal and neighborhood-level problems. Banning the behaviors requires enforcement every time. It means someone has to sit around, suffer the problem, document it, go through processes to create a violation, maybe fine the owner (who will likely contest it and waste more time and money), and then still probably be unable to collect. Then the short term renter leaves, a new one comes in, and all the neighbors get the same problem over and over. Endless suffering and endless work. In Washington state, our HOA has talked to multiple management firms familiar with the case law who say that unless an owner is behind on dues, and unless unpaid fines are in the high thousands of dollars, there is no consequence for the homeowners not paying the fines and we have no way to collect.