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Mayor schedules public hearing, proposes removing jail penalty to strengthen short-term rental enforcement
Summary
Mayor Safford announced a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on short-term rentals and proposed a UDO text amendment to remove imprisonment as a penalty for ordinance violations so the city can rely on fines for enforcement; a suicide-prevention presentation was also scheduled for the following day.
Mayor Safford told the commission the city will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on short-term rentals that the commission has been considering for months and said she does not expect new items to be introduced at this meeting.
The mayor said she will set a proposed amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (Article 20, Section 20.2, subsection ENG) to remove imprisonment as a penalty for ordinance violations. "This proposed amendment would remove the penalty of imprisonment for violations of the ordinance… This is basically so we can be more effective in enforcing short term rental enforcement," she said, explaining the change would allow the city to rely on fines rather than incarceration to resolve violations.
The mayor also announced a 7–10 minute presentation on community suicide prevention the next day and noted the city will address public comment both at this meeting and during a later public-comment period.
What happens next: The amendment will proceed to a public hearing at the time announced; the transcript does not record the hearing itself or any votes on the proposed text amendment.
