{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_uy6wnpjd7rvtbjyldi2a","title":"Court rules against Bellingham’s short-term rental ban on detached units","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/court-rules-against-bellinghams-short-term-rental-ban-on-detached-units-uy6wnpjd7r","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_uy6wnpjd7rvtbjyldi2a","seq":794767,"kind":"article","title":"Court rules against Bellingham’s short-term rental ban on detached units","url":"https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/29/court-rules-against-bellinghams-short-term-rental-ban-on-detached-units","summary":"Bellingham lawyer Patrick Sutton applied for a variance, or an exception, to the city's short-term rental code for this detached accessory dwelling unit in the Sehome neighborhood. A Whatcom County Superior Court judge ruled Sutton can rent the unit out. (Photo by Eli Voorhies) Ban does not target attached units like apartments over garages","published":"2026-09-30T00:07:41Z","seen":"2026-09-30T00:29:43Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-cascadiadaily-com-8e5312","name":"cascadiadaily.com","domain":"cascadiadaily.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q110903678","name":"Cascadia Daily News","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-cascadiadaily-com-8e5312","topics":["washington","housing","local","news","whatcom county"],"authors":["Annie Todd | Criminal Justice/Enterprise Reporter"],"entities":[{"id":"Q451687","name":"Bellingham","type":"place"}],"story":"st_uy6wnpjd7rvtbjyldi2a","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.4300000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5400000214576721,"political":0.23000000417232513}]}