A bill would expand where vacation rentals are allowed and lengthen the rental period considered short-term to 180 days.

The proposed new short-term rental ordinance is an affront to the memory of a New Haven housing pioneer.

Although the town firmly maintains that short-term rentals are unauthorized under current zoning, the proposed ordinance would create a process for licensing short-term rentals as a stopgap measure while litigation of two separate cases is pending.

The City Planning Commission reviewed transit study recommendations, suggesting the city to adopt a motion to redefine current short-term rental definitions and regulations.