The city now has a broad-ranging policy regulating vacation rentals.  Although it took roughly three decades, the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) now has new tools to combat illegal rentals and imposes stiffer penalties on violators.  This is a very good bill.  There are approximately 770 legal vacation rentals outside of the resort zones, however, there are ten times the amount that are illegal.  This is fueled by online hosting platforms like Airbnb and Expedia.  Click here to read on…