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Buellton council gives first reading to ordinance requiring reversion of some long-term motel units to short-term rentals
Summary
The Buellton City Council voted 4-0 on March 12 to give first reading to Ordinance No. 26-03, which would require certain hotels and motels along the Avenue of Flags to revert to short-term occupancy within a set schedule while allowing time-limited extensions for residents on housing authority wait lists.
The Buellton City Council on March 12 gave an initial, unanimous first reading to Ordinance No. 26-03, a measure that would add hotel-operator registration requirements and require the conversion or reversion of certain properties on the Avenue of Flags back to short-term rental use.
Staff framed the ordinance as the final step in a multiyear effort to support revitalization of the Avenue of Flags. Planning Director Andrea Kiefer told the council the city revised the draft to respond to the state Department of Housing and Community Development, including making extensions for qualifying residents a non-discretionary process: "We…
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