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Staff seeks feedback on short‑term lodging ordinance revisions; board urges stronger audit and enforcement language
Summary
Planning staff presented a cleaned‑up draft of the short‑term lodging ordinance intended to clarify permitted zones, special‑exception processes and annual audits; board members urged stronger enforcement mechanisms, suggested auditing authority and raised rooms-and‑meals tax and duration issues.
Planning staff on March 4 presented a revised draft of the city’s short‑term lodging ordinance that mainly reorganizes and clarifies existing rules, defines where short‑term lodging is permitted, and proposes an annual audit requirement for permitted short‑term lodging operators.
Staff said the changes are intended to make the ordinance easier to interpret and to make enforcement practical — for example, by removing an ad‑hoc special‑exception pathway and tying decisions to the master plan and…
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