Fullerton city council has rejected a complete ban on whole house short-term rentals (STRs). Council during a May 4 meeting instead proposed shortening the cap on unoccupied STRs in an attempt to compromise after being hit with lawsuits from parties on both sides of the issue. It will vote during its May 18 meeting on an amended ordinance that would reduce the limit of total allowable whole-house STRs within the city from 325 to 100. “I think 100 is a good number,” Councilmember Fred Jung, who proposed the cap, told The Epoch Times May 5. “It’s a compromise that would get us across the finish line and be done with this thing.” The issue dates back to the previous council, which implemented the original ordinance that placed a cap on whole-house rentals. Jung called the ordinance a “terrible decision.” “No one would have known about short-term rentals in the city, were it not for the previous council,” Jung said. “They took it upon themselves to make and craft an ordinance …