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Clayton aldermen direct staff to draft short-term-rental rules for downtown, targeting small office-to-residential conversions
Summary
After a detailed staff presentation of possible rules, the Board of Aldermen asked staff to prepare a draft text amendment to permit and regulate dedicated short-term rentals in a targeted downtown area, with caps, buffers, occupancy and operations requirements for consideration at a future meeting.
The Board of Aldermen on March 25 heard a staff briefing on short-term-rental regulatory options and instructed staff to draft a text amendment to the city code to allow and regulate dedicated short-term rentals in parts of downtown Clayton.
Anna Crane, director of planning and development services, reviewed national best practices and staff's preliminary recommendations. Staff proposed defining three short-term-rental types (hosted, unhosted and dedicated), recommending a 24-hour minimum and a 30-day maximum, and focusing the new regulations on the downtown core area to target older office buildings that could be repurposed. Staff also proposed permitting and…
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