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Planning staff to take short-term rental survey findings to supervisors; camping rules await state action
Summary
Staff briefed the commission on next steps for short-term rental regulations and low-intensity camping: a short-term rental memo will go to the Board of Supervisors in July and a draft ordinance to the Planning Commission in September; low-intensity camping work will await potential state legislation before a local draft is completed next year.
Planning staff reported progress on two countywide efforts: short-term rental rules and low-intensity camping regulations.
Senior Planner Mark Klieser told commissioners the county had completed an online survey and stakeholder meetings on short-term rentals. Staff will present a summary memo to the Board of Supervisors at the last July board meeting, then use that direction to draft a county ordinance for return to the Planning Commission, tentatively in September.
On low-intensity camping, staff said the county concluded stakeholder meetings and will prepare a draft ordinance and environmental review. However, because an assembly bill under consideration at the state level could provide a framework for local regulations, staff said they plan to monitor that legislation before finalizing a local ordinance; if the bill becomes law the county would likely use it as the basis for local rules. Staff estimated a draft local ordinance for low-intensity camping would likely be prepared next year depending on state action.
Commissioners asked about timelines; staff reiterated the July memo to supervisors on short-term rentals and a likely September Planning Commission hearing for the draft short-term-rental ordinance. For low-intensity camping, staff said a state law (if enacted) would probably take effect next year and the county’s local ordinance work would follow.
