Catherine Dodd wants to rent out the finished basement of her home in Fredericksburg’s Braehead Woods subdivision through airbnb.com.
So she did exactly what the 8-year-old online marketplace for in-home lodging suggested: She applied for a special-use permit.
A handful of Fredericksburg residents list their homes on airbnb.com, but Dodd is the first to seek the permit. No one commented on her request during a public hearing before the city’s Planning Commission last month. There will be a public hearing on it again when City Council meets Tuesday.
Dodd declined to comment for this article.
