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The ordinance mostly maintains the rules previously established by the city. Council members voted unanimously to continue to allow short-term rentals only in mixed-use and commercial areas.

Fort Worth City Council chose to keep its ban on short-term rentals in residential areas, which has been a hot button issue for months. The council will also vote on a registration ordinance in January that requires legal short-term rentals in mixed-use and commercial areas to register with the city and pay hotel occupancy tax.

Fort Worth has a ban on short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods, but that ban isn't widely enforced. Visitors to the city still have plenty of options when it comes to a weekend stay, especially in the popular Fairmount neighborhood, where some residents say they're losing their homes to Airbnbs.

Dallas residents and out-of-towners with negative reviews on the Airbnb app will be out of luck this Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekend if they want to book a weekend get-away.

Fifteen east Fort Worth neighborhoods are banding together to send a message to the city: 'If you’re going to legalize short-term rentals in residential areas, we want a seat at the table.'