Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB

I live next door to a high-turnover illegal airbnb. The guests are noisy and fill my house with smoke. Today someone was peeing from the balcony into my yard.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

The host of the Airbnb next door has at least five properties in Baltimore. This is in violation of Balt City Code Article 15, Licensing and Regulation, Subtitle 48-7(a):

"a person may only be issued a short-term residential rental license for his or her permanent residence."

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

He has at least 4 short-term rental licenses listed on his Airbnb pages. Law says he can have 2 including his residence. Still can't find any way to get the law enforced.

@bmoredhcd

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

Don't want to call the cops, since I don't want the guests to get in legal trouble (too much of that already, and too unfairly distributed). Just want the host to take some responsibility.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

Sunday, hanging out at home, listening to a woman so high on the back balcony that she almost tumbled over. Host walked by, cigarette in mouth, didn't seem bothered. Actually didn't seem to notice.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

God only knows how many cases of covid have been contracted in there.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

Talked to the police officers who were there. They said it was the third time they'd been called there in recent weeks. Have only seen different cops there, so I imagine it's a lot more.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

Another day, more cops called to the place next door. Not by me, but I guess by one of the guests to protect herself from someone else in the house. The host, of course, knows nothing about any of this -- he doesn't live there and doesn't care.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

People are usually (not always) cool when I ask them. But it gets a little old to ask repeatedly, sometimes three or four times a day to different people (sometimes to turn down the music out there at 10pm on a schoolnight). A sign could, maybe, I dunno, help a bit there.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

The back porch (site of peeing, loogie-hacking, weed-smoking, racist drunken conversations) is like a foot away from my kids' room, btw.

So much for leaving the windows open when the weather is nice.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

I've asked the host 6 or 7 times to put a sign back there ("Respect our neighbors" etc). I guess he's not into respecting neighbors.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

Guy on the back porch next door smoking weed, hacking up loogies and spitting them every which way. At least he was spitting them into the @airbnb back yard and not mine.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

You *can* get grandfathered in to have one extra property. He has at least five.

[Nextdoor to an illegal AirBNB @AirBNBNeighbor]

The host of the Airbnb next door has at least five properties in Baltimore. This is in violation of Balt City Code Article 15, Licensing and Regulation, Subtitle 48-7(a):

"a person may only be issued a short-term residential rental license for his or her permanent residence."