Currently, all rental properties in Minnetonka are required to be registered with the city, regardless of the rental period's duration. The Minnetonka City Council recently discussed the need for an ordinance to specifically regulate short-term rentals in the community. A short-term rental is a property that an owner rents – either all or part of a home – to guests for less than 30 days.

At its April 27 meeting, the council reviewed the first draft of the ordinance and requested changes, including:

• Continue to require short-term rentals to register with the city; and
• Require that to be eligible for the registry, short-term rentals must be homesteaded. This means only property owners who occupy their homes as their primary residence may rent that property (wholly or partially) as a short-term rental.

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