Councilor Kristen Jordan cited data that claims the city has done camping cleanups or sweeps at least four times under freezing weather in the last six months.
The city will give a registration number to each short-term rental. In turn, short-term rental owners will give that number to third-party websites for permission to list their property.
More than half a dozen postal workers and their supporters spoke to the city council, demanding it take action on a plan to reroute some of Missoula's mail to Spokane.
The "Fort Missoula Commons" would add 16 townhomes and two commercial buildings on land surrounding the Post Hospital. The hospital would then be restored and one garage would be demolished.
Missoula City Council committees spent much of Wednesday morning discussing short-term rental registrations and land-use decisions as the council considers major code reform.