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Board updates short-term-lodging ordinance language after state law preempts local occupancy limits
Summary
Planning staff removed a local occupancy limit from the short-term-lodging ordinance after recent state law changes preempting local restrictions; the board voted to forward the revised language to City Council.
The Planning Board voted to forward a revised short-term-lodging ordinance to City Council after staff removed a local occupancy limit that state law now preempts.
Staff said the amended ordinance previously included a maximum-occupancy line ("maximum occupancy of a short-term lodging unit is 2 persons per bedroom or 16 persons total, whichever is fewer"). Legal and staff advised that recent state changes preempt local zoning limits on occupancy, so the board struck that language and replaced it with language acknowledging that life-safety codes and state regulations still apply.
Staff confirmed that while local occupancy limits are preempted, life- and fire-safety regulations remain enforceable. The board held a brief public hearing with no speakers and voted to forward the revised language to City Council for its review.
