Agenda Item Wording:
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Ordinance Adoption - A Public Hearing and Introduction of the first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-12 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2024-04: A request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning Ordinance), Chapter 17.32.166 Short-Term Rentals, Citywide.
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Deadline for Action: 11/18/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Josh Dan, Senior Planner, josh.dan@visalia.city, (559)713-4003 Paul Bernal, Community Development Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559)713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-12, amending Title 17 (Zoning Ordinance), Chapter 17.32.166 Short-Term Rentals to add language requiring applicants to reapply annually and to include fines for non-compliance, Citywide.
Background Discussion:
The City Council, in response to several inquiries regarding Short-term rentals, directed staff to explore potential options regarding the ability to regulate this use in residential zones. On October 16, 2023, the City Council introduced the first reading of a Zoning Text Amendment (i.e., ZTA No. 2023-01) that established codified performance standards regulating short-term rentals occurring in all residential zones (i.e., R-1 and R-M zones). During the public hearing, a majority of the Councilmembers expressed common agreement that the ordinance was a "good start" in establishing requirements to address STRs in the community. However, during the Council's deliberation on the adoption of the ordinance, Council provided direction on potential changes to the STR ordinance to be discussed at a future Council meeting. The City Council requested that staff return in 60 to 90 days after the STR ordinance took effect for further discussion on potential revisions to the ordinance.
On February 20, 2024, staff presented an u...
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