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Nonsense? How is that different than a regulatory takings?

• sami36 14y ago
  How about regulations in the hotel business are about collecting extra property taxes revenue not managing the risk profile of hotel patrons. EDIT : They are MOSTLY, almost exclusively concerned with raising extra-taxes, in a few cases they also deal with environmental risk. Are you arguing my point for me ? That's exactly what I'm saying, Zoning (for hotels) is about taxes, not some imagined increased safety risk to be managed due to a high presence of transient residents
  • tgrass 14y ago
    Zoning regulations are not designed for taxes. [EDit] I wouldn't use the language "risk profile", but the zoning laws are clearly about the use of the property. As far as the taxes, I work in land development and have studied planning. Taxes may be an ancillary effect of zoning but they are by no means a primary one.
    • sami36 14y ago
      We don't disagree. I was arguing the point advanced by some that hotel tenants represent a safety risk . Alright then, help me with this. In the context of Hotels. Say a 4*+ hotel. What are the zoning folks occupying themselves with ?
  • tgrass 14y ago
    @sami36, below you asked "What are the zoning folks occupying themselves with ?" Zoning folks just follow a set of rules/uses for any parcel. A rezoning application is usually a public process, to engage the neighborhood, which speaks to the purpose of zoning: it is intended to promote the general welfare of the community. I am not a big fan of zoning, I'm just saying that as the law stands some Airbnb hosts flaunt the zoning laws.