Garden City adopted Ordinance 26-16 on June 11, 2026, updating definitions for short-term rentals, especially the size and configuration of parking spaces and requirements for marked and assigned parking. The ordinance also ties minimum parking supply to occupant counts and preserves grandfathered dimensions for certain condo and townhome stalls approved prior to July 13, 2023. These changes will affect owners and managers of short-term rentals, condos, and multifamily properties and will require staff to interpret, inspect, and enforce nuanced parking standards. Consulting, inspection, and software providers that help track STR inventory, map and verify parking compliance, and communicate requirements to owners may find opportunities as the Town implements these rules and resolves edge cases like grandfathered spaces.

Definition updates directly impact STR permitting and compliance workflows but no IT or consulting s...