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Port Hueneme council directs staff to revise short-term rental rules, removes separation requirement
Summary
After a multi-hour public hearing, the council voted to direct staff to amend the proposed short-term rental ordinance’s posting requirement and to remove a proposed spacing (separation) requirement while returning with alternatives. Council split on the change and left fees and final wording for future revision.
Councilmembers on Nov. 17 directed city staff to rewrite parts of a proposed short-term rental ordinance — notably to amend exterior-sign posting requirements and to remove a spacing (separation) requirement — and to return with revised ordinance language for introduction.
City staff framed the ordinance as a “balanced approach” intended to establish a permitting system, good-neighbor operating standards (quiet hours, trash and parking rules, occupant limits), a required local contact for complaints, transient occupancy tax tracking and enforcement tools. Staff also recommended a 10% citywide cap on short-term rental (STR) units and described risks that a separation requirement might trigger additional review by the California Coastal Commission.
During more than two hours of council debate and about an hour of public…
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