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Commission previews proposal to allow marina-operated houseboat rentals with limits on size and ownership
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft text amendment to allow marina-operated short- and long-term rentals of floating lodging—commonly described in the presentation as "houseboats"—limited to large marinas, capped at about 5% of slips, and subject to ownership, registration and safety requirements.
Planning staff presented a draft text amendment that would permit short-term and long-term rental of houseboat-style lodging at marinas, subject to performance standards and city registration.
The staff presentation described the proposed approach as permitting the use "by right as a marina, with some kind of guardrails." Staff said the draft would limit houseboat rentals to larger marinas and cap the number of units. “The idea is that we allow it by right as a marina, with some kind of guardrails here. The important things I wanna point out is we wanna limit it to marinas that are large marinas. Right now, we're looking at about 250 slips and then saying that's, there's a maximum number of those…
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