After more than five hours of debate, the Santa Fe City Council voted early Thursday in favor of adding new restrictions for short-term rental owners who offer rooms and homes as vacation lodging through platforms such as Airbnb.
City councilors listened to lengthy public discussion and held a debate that stretched late into the night on whether the city should impose measures meant to rein in illegal rentals and cut back on permitted ones in historic residential neighborhoods where people have complained of an endless parade of tourists replacing neighbors.
They debated a flurry of amendments â most aimed at curbing restrictions on rental owners â that ultimately failed to garner enough support.