Asheville considering STR/Kitchens rule change

[Robert Ombres]

https://wlos.com/news/local/as...

Just read this article and thought I'd share.

Help me understand this:

"An accessory unit, not part of someone’s home, can be rented as a short-term rental as long as the owner follows restrictions around the kitchen definition."

My understanding was ADUs were not allowed.

[Derek Robinson]

@Robert Ombres The city is fine with ADUs if they are permitted to be used as a short term rental. Their verbiage is basically that if it could be a long term rental, it has to be a long term rental to ease the rental housing shortage. If it's voided as being a long term, they will permit it for short term. Things that would exclude it from being a long term are having a "wet bar" type sink instead of a typical kitchen sink, no stove present, small fridge, etc. My neighbor in the city limits has been renting her ADU for a few years now. At first, she got away with it by moving her stove into storage during her inspection annually. They are getting more strict with her though. On the last inspection, they told her she might have to downgrade her normal size fridge to a small one and something somewhat permanent needs to be built in the hole where the stove goes.