In a case that could have broad implications for residents who rent out their homes on Airbnb and other lodging networks, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over a zoning board’s decision to penalize a property owner for operating a single-family home as a short-term vacation rental.
Hamilton Township’s zoning board appealed the Commonwealth Court’s June 21 ruling in Slice of Life v. Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board that property owner Val Kleyman did not violate residential zoning codes in the Monroe County municipality by operating a short-term rental. The decision was reached by a split three-judge panel of Judges Mary Hannah Leavitt, Joseph Cosgrove and James Gardner Collins.
