Commission recommends approval of rental code updates
At its May 10 public hearing, Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the proposed Short-Term Rental code update to City Council. The proposed changes and Plan Commission’s recommended amendments, which are bolded, are:
- STRs will be allowed in all zones where a residential use is permitted.
- STR units will be allowed in residential buildings or mixed-use buildings with residential units.
- There is a proposed unit cap:
- 1 STR allowed in a SF detached and attached. The dwelling units in a duplex can have a STR in each unit.
- For multifamily buildings (3+ units) in residential zones the permit will limit to 20% of the total number of units
- For multifamily buildings (3+ units) in non-residential zones the permit will be limited to 30% of the total number of units.
- Rounding up to the next whole number would be allowed (e.g. 3.2 would allow for 4 units).
- If a multifamily building wants more than 30% of the units to be for STR use, then the Change of Use process is required and any other applicable Building or Fire code requirements for that new use.
- Plan Commission directed staff to remove language requiring structures maintain their residential character, instead relying on other sections of the code to regulate possible changes to a building.
- Plan Commission removed the requirement to notify adjacent properties for STR permits in non-residential zones.
- A notarized Life Safety Compliance form will be required with each permit, in addition to obtaining a business license.
- STR permit fees are only increasing slightly. $200 permit fee for STRs in residential zones, $100 annual renewal fee. $300 for STRs in non-residential zones, $150 renewal fee.
- Fire inspectors will be completing a life safety review during standard inspections, for which they will charge $105/hour.
You can also see staff’s update to City Council at the May 15 Finance Committee meeting. [Finance Committee Video Link] City Council public hearing dates are TBD but are likely to be the end of May into early June.
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