IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE requiring the Jackson County Assessor to postpone any reclassification of short-term rental properties from residential to commercial until a full registration and reporting system can be established County-wide.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5987, June 9, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Sean E. Smith, County Legislator
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WHEREAS Jackson County and the greater Kansas City region will be hosting the
World Cup in 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the KC 2026 Committee has estimated that the region may host over 650,000 travelers but only has 65,000 hotel rooms within a 100-mile radius; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County needs to have policies which encourage more housing availability for this important event; and,
WHEREAS, the Assessor has expressed an intent to modify the categorization of certain Residential properties which may be identified as short-term rentals; and,
WHEREAS, the statutory and judicial authority cited by the Assessor for the modification of the classification of short-term rentals is based upon RSMo 137.016 (last revised in 2018) and Shipman v. Dominion Hospitality 148 S.W. 3d 821 (a 2004 decision by the Supreme Court); and,
WHEREAS, the policy change for classification of short-term rentals as commercial is based upon legislation and a judicial ruling that has not changed in 7 years, it is not necessary or prudent to make a change at this time; and,
WHEREAS, the Missouri Constitution, Article X, Section 3 specifies that taxes "shall be uniform upon the same class or subclass of subjects" which is not possible throughout Jackson County until a uniform registration process for short term rentals has been enacted and implemented; and,
WHEREAS, under Article 2 Section 16 paragraph 7, in the Jackson County Constitutional Home Rule Charter the Legislature has the following authority: "Provide for the assessment, levy, equalization, and collection of all taxes now or hereafter authorized by the c...
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