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Santa Barbara committee fields dozens of public comments on proposed short-term rental rules
Summary
Public commenters, hosts and legal representatives gave hours of testimony on a draft short-term rental ordinance, urging more data and clearer rules; committee members asked staff for fire-risk maps, redlines and administrative clarifications before returning the item.
The Santa Barbara City Committee on Special Ordinances heard extensive public comment and staff questions on a draft ordinance to regulate short-term rentals (STRs), with residents urging restrictions in high wildfire-risk neighborhoods and hosts warning of economic loss.
Dozens of residents and property owners told the committee the draft ordinance, as written, would not adequately protect neighborhoods with single-access roads or steep terrain. "Nuestra comunidad, de aproximadamente 70 viviendas, está ubicada en una zona designada por la ciudad y el condado como de alto riesgo de incendio," public commenter Eve Leds said, describing Yankee Farm as having a single narrow ingress and egress that would complicate evacuation.
Why it matters: Committee members said the ordinance…
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