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Council orders rewrite of co-owned housing ordinance to match vacation-rental enforcement timeline
Summary
After public comment and staff review, the council directed staff to add a 12-month time limitation to the co-owned housing ordinance's three-strikes enforcement provision so that three violations in any 12-month period would trigger suspension, mirroring the city's vacation rental rules.
The Palm Springs City Council on June 25 directed staff to revise the proposed co-owned housing ordinance to include a time limit for the three-strikes enforcement provision that matches the city's vacation-rental rules.
John Choi of Picasso and other commenters told the council the current draft omits the 12-month time window used in the vacation-rental (STR) ordinance; Patrick Clifford, who will oversee the program, confirmed the omission and said staff will add the 12-month language and return with a first reading. Clifford told the council, "the suspension would take place of three violations, but it is missing that ... the vacation rental ordinance says that three violations within any 12 month period would suspend the certificate for a period of two years." He said staff will also clarify whether the two-year suspension period should match the STR code.
Council voted unanimously to direct staff to return with language that mirrors the STR ordinance's timing and to bring forward suspension period details for council consideration. The direction does not itself change the ordinance; staff will return with the revised ordinance for a formal first reading and vote.
What happens next: Department of Special Program Compliance will prepare a redline version that adds the 12-month window and the recommended suspension period; staff said they will confer with the city attorney before returning the ordinance for first reading.
