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Planning committee advances short-term rental registration, dollar-store infill amendment and updates development‑code timeline

5798689 · September 16, 2025
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The Planning, Annexation and Codes Committee called for ordinances to register short‑term rentals, to allow dollar‑store infill in existing buildings while preserving a moratorium on new construction, and discussed progress on a multi‑department development‑code rewrite.

The Planning, Annexation and Codes Committee on Monday voted to call for legislation on two distinct items: a short‑term rental registration ordinance and an amendment to the city’s 2021 ordinance that would permit dollar‑store infill in existing commercial buildings while maintaining the moratorium on new construction.

Committee chair Mr. Heiden said the short‑term rental measure is written to cover houses and apartments used as short‑term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO) and is intended to close a perceived loophole that allowed some short‑term rentals to avoid rental registration. Heiden described the draft as “very closely” modeled…

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