Athens Short Term Rental Issue Back in the Spotlight

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Monday, November 10th, 2025

Thursday night’s Athens Clarke County Planning Commission voted five to one to recommend approving short term rentals in multi family developments in both commercial zones and multi family zones. In the same motion, the planning commission voted to remove the special use permit requirement for commercial short-term rentals or STRs

Planning Commission member Mathew Hall believes that this is a good compromise to the current problem:

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