The city wants to stop temporary home rentals shorter than 90 days. Tega Cay residents have complained to city officials about temporary home renters. Their complaint is about renters renting homes for or a week, weekend, and sometimes daily.

The Tega Cay city council discussed adding an amendment to the current zoning ordnance that would specifically prohibit renting a home for less than 90 days. The council was divided based on their discussion. Some of the council members claimed enforcement would be the challenge with the possible new amendment.

It’s hard to believe that Tega Cay would be a weekend resort destination like Myrtle Beach. Maybe that is not a fair comparison. Tega Cay was in its beginning mostly a gated weekend resort community on Lake Wylie but hasn’t that changed now? Has this issue become a bigger issue because of the housing and mortgage bubble? If this were the case wouldn’t these want be home owners/tenants rent longer? So who are these short term renters and why are they renting just a few days? Are they vacationers or just transients? Maybe more will come to light when the council discusses this issue again in the future.

While our resale market has slowed down the rental market seems to be growing on a daily basis. For homeowners who have been unable or unwilling to sell their homes in this market leasing may be the next best option. I have been receiving calls on a daily basis from persons interested in leasing homes in the Tega Cay/Fort Mill areas. For families that have already relocated to our area who are at this time unable to purchase yet need to find a home with a Fort Mill School District address leasing a home is the next best option to apartment living. This could be the perfect solution for sellers who are unwilling to lower their asking price to meet the buyer driven market.

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