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Council weighs regulatory options for short‑term rentals; staff to draft ordinance framework
Summary
City planning and legal staff asked council for direction on regulating short‑term rentals after advising that the current ordinance and an administrative policy create legal risk and enforcement challenges.
City planning and legal staff asked council for direction on regulating short‑term rentals after staff and the city attorney concluded the current mix of ordinance language and an administrative policy left the city exposed to legal risk.
Nicole, planning staff, summarized the city’s current setup: the municipal ordinance states “short term rentals are prohibited in all residentially zoned districts,” but an administrative policy implemented after council’s 2018 action allows short‑term rentals when the owner is on‑site overnight. Nicole said this bifurcated approach and limited ordinance language places the city “at risk” and that…
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