Austin Bans People From Gathering and Sleeping On Private Property

Earlier this year the Austin City Council banned inside and outside gatherings with a 9-2 vote, making it illegal to have “more than six adults” congregating between the hours of 7 a.m and 10 p.m. Which would obviously include: birthday parties, backyard BBQs, family reunions, bachelor and bachelorette events, and even infringing on religious celebrations like Quinceaneras and bar mitzvahs. People that have spent top dollar to rent these (Short Term Rental properties) that are also considered private property will now be forced by the city to comply and adhere to the ordinance or be issued extortion notes. They also face the dangerous actions of having their private events & vacations raided and ransacked by the Austin police and the code compliance automatons with their clipboards walking in to jot down anything that they don’t like.  The  temporary residents are also prohibited from sleeping or playing any instruments past 10 p.m.

Austin, TX has a snitching app to report your fellow citizens

The Austin City Council has now drawn some resistance in the form of a growing activist group, Texas for Accountable Government, who will be holding a meeting on July 25th, to plan a peaceful protest against this draconian rule.

Event is Free and all ages are welcome – 7PM TO 9PM: Scholz Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Texas 78701

Scholz Beer Garten (Austin)

Dissenting council member Don Zimmerman will be there to lay it all out, and to take questions with discussions to be engaged as well. A very deserved thank you an acknowledgement to Ellen Troxclair, for the other nay vote.

The new ordinance will include restrictions on people who wish to assemble inside interior structures with a mandated 10 person maximum at a time. The law is unconcerned of the rental’s adequate capacity size by or the lawful occupancy of people it can accommodate. This regulates and punishes large property owners and blocks their ability to legally rent and make a living by offering high-capacity entertainment spaces. The City of Austin has granted their code enforcement minions the power to execute warrant-less searches at any time of “all buildings, dwelling units, guest rooms and premises” in search of any possible code violations. With the restrictions and regulations not going into effect until after 10 p.m. The possibility of the city henchmen showing up in the middle of the night to awake the occupants, snoop around, and search every corner of the room for any signs of bad behavior is a guaranteed result. Along with the Mayor Steve Adler, these are the city council members who voted yes to this business destroying, anti-freedom, and communist ordinance.   I guess they belive that they have been given the royalty to crush the happiness of their fellow humans by saying yay to this dictatorial law.
Ora Houston, Delia Garza, Sabino  Renteria, Gregorio Casar, Anne Kitchen, Leslie Pool, Kathy Tovo, and Sheri Gallo.

ORDINANCE NO. 20160223-A.l
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTERS 25-2 AND 25-12
RELATING TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:
PART 1. City Code Section 25-2-789 (Short-Term Rental (Type 2) Regulations),
Section 25-2-790 (Short-Term Rental (Type 3) Regulations), 25-2-791 (License
Requirements), and 25-2-792 (Notification Requirements) are amended to read as
follows:
§ 25-2-789 SHORT-TERM RENTAL (TYPE 2) REGULATIONS.
(A) This section applies to a short-term rental use that:
(1) is rented for periods of less than 30 consecutive days;
(2) is not part of a multifamily residential use; and
(3) is not owner-occupied and is not associated with an owner-occupied
principal residential unit,
(B) A short-term rental use under this section may not:
(1) include the rental of less than an entire dwelling unit;
(2) operate without a license as required by Section 25-2-791 (License
Requirements);
(3) operate without providing notification to renters as required by
Section 25-2-792 (Notification Requirements); or
(4) include a secondary dwelling unit or secondary apartment except as
provided by Sections 25-2-774(C)(6) (Two Family Residential Use)
and 25-2-1463(C)(6) (Secondary Apartment Regulations).
(C) If a license for a short-term rental (Tvpe 2) use meets the requirements for
annual renewal under Section 25-2-791(E) (License Requirements) and the
property received a notice of violation related to the life, health, or public
safety of the structure, the property is subject to an inspection every three
years by the building official to determine if the structure poses a hazard to
life, health, or public safety.
(D) A short-term rental (Type 2) use may not be located on a lot that is within
1000 feet of a lot on which another short-term rental (Type 2) use is located
unless the license:

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By Andre’ Gabriel Esparza – DontComply.com