AirBnB in Hurricane

AirBnB is one way people who need a place to stay can connect to people who enjoy hosting them. It is an amazingly successful guest and host connection platform.

My wife and I have been hosts and have had a wonderful experience having guests from all around the world stay with us. 

This week, after a 10 month debate, the Hurricane City Council approved an ordinance that allows "Residential Hosting" as a permitted land use in many single-family residential areas of Hurricane City where it was previously band. 

On one hand this is strange, due to the fact that we host so many people in our homes with no local government involvement, like foreign exchange students, friends, foster children, or extended family.  On the other hand local government has a responsibility to help foster our communities health safety and welfare. The popularity, newness, and scale of this type of residential activity has many city and town governments at a loss and they often ban or restricted the activity due to fear, lack of understanding or land use regulation that has no place currently designed for this seemingly new activity. 
Largely Residential Hosting has been a zoning issue, zoning which for the last 60 years has developed neighborhoods and street patterns that have both unintentionally and intentionally isolated us from each other and community.  

Enough of my description, It is time to celebrate! AirBnB is now permitted by license in more areas of the City of Hurricane.  If you think you may like to host people in your home and have questions about where it is allowed, insurance, taxes, financial risk, the potential for additional income, or financial benefits and the experience, I can help and hope you will share your experience and concerns with me.   

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