BEND, OR -- Bend City Councilors are expected to vote tonight on changes to vacation rental regulations. The move is an effort to restrict density of the rentals in neighborhoods, especially on Bend's west side.  New regulations will only apply to future vacation rentals, not those already approved and established. Fred Johnson, a real estate agent with Duke Warner Realty, tells KBND he has many of the rentals in his own neighborhood. "There was an opportunity, and they're going to proceed with licensing and collecting a tax. The beauty of that is, it allows the program to be self sustaining."

Councilors are not expected to enforce the new regulations for existing rentals out of fear of being sued.