Agenda Item Wording:
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Short-term Rental Ordinance Update - Receive an update on the City's Short-term Rental Ordinance and permitting process per Section 17.32.166 Short-term rental (STR) ordinance and consider potential revisions to the STR Ordinance.
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Deadline for Action: 9/3/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Josh Dan, Senior Planner, josh.dan@visalia.city, (559) 713-4003
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the staff report, presentation, and take public comments. Based on the information received, the City Council may direct staff to initiate further zone text amendment changes to the recently adopted Short-term Rental ordinance (Section 17.32.166) based on the following:
Proceed with drafting ordinance language to address Item No. 1, to include an Enforcement Section, Item No. 2, to include language requiring the implementation of an annual renewal permit process, and Item No. 3, solicit software and services that may help in capturing short-term rental properties that have not applied for the appropriate City permits and licenses.
Any revisions to be considered as part of the Zone Text Amendment process related to Short-Term Rentals may be subject to a future work session discussion with the City Council based on staff's analysis of the potential changes. Should council elect to direct staff to proceed with a ZTA, staff will return in 90-days with amendments to the ordinance.
Executive Summary:
On October 16, 2023, the City Council introduced the first reading of Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) No. 2023-01. The ZTA ordinance established codified performance standards regulating short-term rentals occurring in all residential zones (i.e., R-1 and R-M zones). The ordinance took effect on December 6, 2023. During the introduction and first reading of Ordinance No...
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