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Commission approves short-term rental at 355 Catalina Avenue
Summary
The commission approved a continued application to allow short-term rental of the 1st Floor at 355 Catalina Avenue, concluding the structure remains a single-family residence despite separate exterior access and setting a maximum occupancy of six for the short-term unit.
The Avalon Planning Commission voted to approve a transient rental license and coastal development permit for the 1st Floor of a single-family residence at 355 Catalina Avenue following a continued hearing. Staff described the three-level house (approximately 1,659 square feet total) with separate exterior entrances to each floor and explained that, after review, the structure remains legally a single-family residence and the proposed short-term rental of the 1st Floor would have a maximum occupancy of six people. Staff recommended approval and cited CEQA categorical exemption Section 15301 for existing facilities.
During questioning, staff confirmed that separate exterior access did not compel reclassification of the property as a duplex for permitting purposes and that, because the 2nd Floor would be occupied year-round, a security plan was unnecessary. The commission moved, seconded, and approved the application in a unanimous roll-call vote recorded on the record as 7–0.
