Norfolk Stakeholders Recommend STR Policy Changes. Some Operators Want Even More

1/8/2025

A group of officials in Norfolk, Virginia, community members, and short-term rental (STR) operators recommended several changes to how the city approves short-term rental operations, taxes the rentals, and enforces violations. Proposed changes include establishing a way to certify some owners to allow them to undergo an easier approval process, establishing a city rapid response team for code violations and expediting the renewal process for conditional use permits. However, some STR operators want even more changes, saying a time-consuming and costly approval process requires months of meetings and can incur thousands of dollars in renovation costs to meet city code.

The Virginian-Pilot (12/29/24) Trevor Metcalfe