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Paramount council directs staff to draft ordinance reinforcing ban on short-term rentals
Summary
After a staff recap that short-term rentals are currently prohibited in Paramount and citing neighborhood impacts, the council gave consensus direction for staff to draft a clearer ordinance to prohibit short‑term rentals and continue enforcement of unpermitted listings.
Paramount’s City Council directed staff to draft a clearer ordinance explicitly prohibiting short‑term rentals after a staff presentation and council discussion about neighborhood impacts and enforcement.
Planning and Building Director John King told the council that short‑term rentals — defined in the presentation as renting part or all of a home for 30 days or less — are currently prohibited in Paramount and noted a snapshot that showed four to five listings active during a Dec. 1–8 period, averaging about $207 per night. King reviewed the possible benefits of legalizing rentals (additional homeowner income, possible property upgrades) but said the city has seen enforcement complaints about parking, noise and parties. King also cited recently signed state legislation (identified in the presentation as SB 346) intended to improve state-wide tracking of short‑term rental platforms, which staff said could aid enforcement if the city chose to allow rentals.
Council members asked about the interaction of transient‑occupancy taxes and business licensing. Staff clarified that Paramount’s existing hotel/tourist tax (transient‑occupancy tax) is 10 percent and that business‑license rules and enforcement approaches differ depending on whether property owners are operating multiple rental units as a business. Several council members raised housing‑supply concerns, arguing that short‑term rentals can remove units from the long‑term housing stock and exacerbate neighborhood problems in a dense city. A resident who previously testified and identified herself during an earlier meeting as a three‑year host described cleaning and monitoring burdens and listed noise, drug and smoking violations among the problems she had experienced.
After questions and discussion, the council reached a consensus direction asking staff to return with a draft ordinance that more explicitly states the city’s prohibition on short‑term rentals and to continue enforcement of unpermitted listings. The council did not take a formal vote at this meeting; staff said they would return with the proposed ordinance for formal approval and enforcement guidance.
The next formal step is the staff‑prepared ordinance to be returned to council for consideration and any formal vote.
