North Mankato is working to get ahead of the curve on new short-term rentals, like AirBnb, with a new ordinance being drafted on current rental property regulations and inspection guidelines. Community Development Director Mike Fisher says they looked at what other communities around the state are doing and learned that everyone is different. "Basically there's three ways you can do it, you can permit them with no restrictions, you can permit them with restrictions or you could simply not permit them. Again, Staff believes they serve a purpose. But right now we don't even have a mechanism to know where they [...]