Re:Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets
by ChrisBland on Friday February 26, 2016 @02:41PM
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I think you are being too specific in what you are saying is an issue. If you rent out your house on AirBnB, you are not expecting commercial business to be done in your home. Would you be upset if someone rented your home on AirBnB and then ran a small sweatshop out of it? What if they used it as a temporary slaughter house for animals? The base fact is they used a private property for commercial purposes when they were not legally allowed to do so. To me the general issue is private use vs commercial use.
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Re:Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets
by sandworm101 on Friday February 26, 2016 @02:55PM
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Or if an attorney rented the home for a week to meet with a client. Or even to shelter a client (think domestic violence) or shield their movements from reporters (celebs/royalty). That happens all the time, but remains commercial activity in a rented unit.
Re:Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets
by ryanlol on Friday February 26, 2016 @04:00PM
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Why would any of those things be a problem as long as the house is either properly cleaned afterwards or the cleaning fees are paid.
Re:Porn Industry Using Airbnb Rentals as Film Sets
by MichaelBurge on Saturday February 27, 2016 @12:46AM
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Zoning regulations have been around for nearly a century. They caused a ruckus when they first appeared("Why can the government limit what I do with my personal property?"), but their legality is well-established by the Supreme Court.
Violations of these sort(zoning, not paying property taxes, etc.) attach liens to the property, not the owner or renter. So it can be hard to dodge the consequences if you get fined.
Granted, this argument doesn't apply in Houston, Texas which doesn't have zoning laws. So if the comment you're responding to truly believes his argument, he'd be forced to accept the practice in Houston.