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Short-term Residential Rentals Page 2 August,9, 2023 G.ern Lake. Planning Commission EXAMPLES Different communities have different rules regarding such uses. A few examples welooked at with another: clientcommunity are linked below: • City of Afton. • Cily of Bayport • City of Stillwater • Chisago County • May Townshig The examples range from allowing them through.a zoning permit (such as a CUP), a business license; or not at all, Many communities in Ramsey County,. including Gem Lake, require licenses for residential properties: that are rented out; such ordinances can be amended to cover or exclude short-term residential rentals. ISSUES TO CONSIDER There. are a couple things to consider in terms of what, if any, regulations. should be adopted in regards to these uses. Allow .or not allow Some communities have. gone so far as: to not. allow short term renting .of residential properties at all. Such a restrictive ordinance would require. notifying of the public that they are not allowed. Enforcement of such an ordinance would Likely require someone.to monitor listing sites for listings of stays within the City; would this be.a reasonable use of staff time? The Commission may want to discuss whether it would be necessary to not allow them? There :'ls also the possibility that,such a restrictive ordinance could be rendered moot. by the State in the future if they decide to make it a use that must be allowed. Owner -occupied, owners present Certain communities limit short-term rentals to homes that are owner -occupied; the homes:are hot just used for rentals but are actually the residence for someone. Limiting it:to.owner-occupied residences can prevent people from .buying a. house just to list as..a. short-term :rental. unit. There are also. places thathave required the homeowner. be present during the stay of guests. Presumably this serves as.a way to. help prevent guests. from getting rowdy .during.their stay, though regardless of whether an owner is present the guests would still need. to follow.any local rules. regarding noise, nuisances, etc. Limited number of days There are communities that have Iimited the renting to -a certain number of days each year,. This can be:a way to prevent residences from having a `revolving door.' of guests every week or weekend. At the same. time, is it necessary to.limit a. house to, say, only renting out for x days a. year? Permit vs License There are. different ways such a use can be permitted. It can. be. permitted through a license, such as what the City does for certain .cori'mmercial businesses: It can be permitted through a zoning permit, which could 7