Maple Grove City Council eyes Airbnb crackdown [Video]

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) – Property owners are required to get a city license, in order to offer a Maple Grove home as a short-term rental or Airbnb.

However, according to Maple Grove Community and Economic Development Director Joe Hogeboom: “We know by looking at the websites that at any given time there are about 50 of these that are operating,” Hogeboom said. “We only have two licenses right now that are out for short-term rentals.”

“Are we really making a mountain out of a molehill here?” citizen Brandy Logan said. She started a petition that brought in a variety of opinions online.

“The majority I saw is that there should not be any type of ordinance governing people in how they want to rent their home, specifically if they pay their taxes and there’s no laws being broken,” Logan said. “Of course, nobody wants a party house, and nobody wants to have anyone trashing the property; …