Austin Code will target unlicensed short-term rentals during SXSW

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Expect to see roving teams of Austin Code Department officers in residential neighborhoods next month during the annual South By Southwest festival.
The enforcement teams will target addresses where there have been prior year complaints as well as responding to rowdy short-term rental tenants breaking noise or other ordinances, a new memo shows.
Right now, Austin Code staff are focusing research in the following neighborhoods:
Barton Springs
Travis Heights
Zilker
West