Wickliffe council authorizes short-term rental ordinance draft, bans ancillary trailer parking, adopts settlement and several funding measures

The Wickliffe City Council on Oct. 13 authorized the law director to draft a citywide short-term rental licensing ordinance limited to 16 permits, directed the law director to draft changes to prohibit ancillary truck trailer parking in certain commercial and manufacturing zones, adopted an amended settlement ordinance in a court-related matter, and approved two public-works funding resolutions and several appointments.

The actions came during the council's regular meeting, which included committee reports, roll-call votes and public comments. Council members voted to place short-term rentals under a licensing regime and to restrict unrelated truck-trailer storage in commercial and general manufacturing districts; both items were sent to the law director for drafting of specific legislation.

Why it matters: The short-term rental authorization will create a licensing system that the administration and public-safety officials say would make it easier to track and respond to complaints, while the truck-trailer measure aims to prevent parking arrangements that the council says have occurred where trailers are stored on lots that are not directly associated with the site business.

Council action and discussion

- Short-term rentals: The council moved to authorize the law director to draft an ordinance establishing licensing for short-term rentals and to limit the city to 16 licensed short-term rental units. The motion (moved by "Councilman Ron," seconded by Councilman Garstine) followed a committee recommendation that used a model ordinance from a nearby city. Council…