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Short Term Rental Regulations

On Monday, January 23, 2023, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 4327 that establishes regulations for Short-Term Rentals (STR); this ordinance is now in effect. The ordinance does not provide for any exemptions for rentals with an existing business license. All STR operators are required to immediately stop un-hosted rentals and must register and obtain an STR permit per Urgency Ordinance No. 4327 if they meet the eligibility requirements. 

Summary of Short-Term Rental Urgency Ordinance Regulations

• Establishes a short-term rental (STR) license and registration process with eligibility requirements:
  • The permitee must have lived in that home for a minimum of 60 days prior to applying for a STR permit.
  • Owner-occupancy requirement: Meet Host definition requirements.
  • Received a Zoning Clearance Letter from the City verifying that the property is zoned for residential use.
• Prohibits un-hosted stays.
• Only a fee owner may hold an STR permit and operate an STR. Lessees (aka, tenants or renters) may not hold an STR permit or sublet their leased dwellings as STRs.
• Requires an STR owner to provide a 24-hour emergency contact that will respond, on-site if requested, within 30 minutes to complaints about the condition, operation, or conduct of STR renters or their guests.
• The abutting property owners and occupants will be notified prior to the start of activity that the host's primary residence will be used for short-term rental.
• STR renters and their guests shall only utilize the designated, legal on-site parking spaces; they shall not have more vehicles at the STR property than the number of designated, legal parking spaces.
• Explicitly prohibits uses other than overnight lodging accommodations. At no time shall any portion of an STR property be used or advertised for activities in excess of the occupancy limits established and issued by Building and Safety or the Fire Department, e.g., for weddings, receptions, parties, commercial functions, advertised conferences, swimming-pool-only rentals, or other similar assemblies that are separate from the purpose of lodging.
• Requires documentation that the STR being rented is legally permitted and habitable based on building permit history.
• Establishes an enforcement process and sets clear regulations on what constitutes a violation.