Clovis approves two short-term rental conditional uses; staff to pursue business-license and lodgers-tax compliance

The Clovis Municipal Commission approved conditional-use permits for two properties to operate as short-term rentals and discussed next steps for citywide regulation, licensing and lodgers-tax compliance.

Staff presentation and approvals Tom Hovalt, city planning staff, told the commission the unified development ordinance now allows short-term rentals to be conditionally approved in any zone and presented two applications: 3028 Cheyenne Drive (Cheyenne Meadows Unit 2) and 2037 Hull Street (Western Hills Block 2 Lot 26 plus 1 foot of Lot 25). Hovalt said required notifications were completed and staff received no objections to either application.

“We realize that there's already existing short term rentals… we actually have probably about 40 or so, based off my Internet research, within the community,” Hovalt said, describing a planned compliance path of conditional-use approvals and a forthcoming annual…