Midway Ordinance Overhaul

Midway City Council, with Katie Villani leading, crafts a new short‑term rental ordinance that scars the town like a safety‑orange barrel mislaid in the valley. In a cramped boardroom, the council, clattered with faded municipal beige paperwork, decides that every homeowner must plaster a contact plaque near the entry as if policing had become a competitive sport. The new rule, demanding full‑house rentals and a one‑year‑license revocation after two infractions, turns small‑business tolerance into a bureaucratic minefield. The ordinance, framed in high‑viz yellow vests, attempts to tame a nightly‑rental "slippery slope" that “could be an ecological nightmare,” but instead it merely piles more paperwork on top of the existing asphalt‑black slurry of zoning. The city’s attempt to equate people’s houses with police call boxes reveals an inefficiency baked into the very planning layers. If you want to stay in Midway without being chased by an agency, avoid the town limits altogether—take the Richardson Flat bus to nearby Jackson.