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Planning commission approves conditional use permit for short-term rental at 403 Petaluma Avenue
Summary
Sebastopol planning commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a non-hosted short-term rental at 403 Petaluma Avenue after hearing from the applicant that he will use the home roughly half the year; the commission modified condition language, removed Exhibit C and set a seven-day appeal window.
The Sebastopol Planning Commission voted 4–0 with one absence to approve a conditional use permit allowing a non-hosted short-term rental at 403 Petaluma Avenue, after commissioners accepted edits to the permit conditions.
Planning staff told the commission that “the approval of the conditional use permit itself is valid for three years,” and explained exhibits B and C include a three-year renewal clause and potential one-year extensions that can effectively extend entitlements if requested and granted. Staff also said the city tracks vacation rentals through business-license records and can pursue compliance calls, noise enforcement through the police department, and permit revocation for repeated violations.
The applicant, identified in the record as Matt, told the…
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