City Council and Planning Commission vote to amend city ordinance [Video]

In a joint special meeting, both voted unanimously. There will be a second hearing May 7. If approved, the changes will take effect June 1, 2025.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Tuesday morning, San Angelo’s City Council and Planning Commission voted unanimously to amend two existing City ordinances related to short term rentals and beds and breakfasts.

In a presentation to the City Council, Planning & Development Services Director Aaron Vannoy laid out three options for regulating both. The first, he said, would call for an outright ban on short-term rentals. The second would significantly loosen regulations.

Vannoy presented the third option as a balance of both. Planning Commission Chair Travis Stribling views the option Vannoy detailed in his presentation as a happy medium.

“Option three – an ordinance – is essentially a compromise,” Stribling said. “(It’s) a meet in the middle between those two viewpoints.”

Vannoy presented a four-step plan for approval of conditional use permits …