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Short Term Home Rentals Study -November 30, 201b <br />focused on this topic, and. a.list of ordinance alternative5 to consider as the City looks toward potential <br />next stepsfor addressing STHRs. <br />RESEARCH OF PEER CITIES <br />3 y Some: cities in Minnesota that have studied STHRs and .decided to prohibit them in residential. <br />zoning. districts. <br />a) Burnsville, which cited the. following reasons, <br />• Vacation rentals bring strangers <br />• People come and go at all times ofthe da.y and night <br />• Customers are not residents; so they have no interest in maintaining the neighborhood <br />■ Noise <br />• Trash <br />• Transient nature of operation <br />b) Bloomington. <br />c) Savage, which prohibited rental of homes in residential zones for any period less than 15 <br />days and cited the following reasons, <br />Resident col7mpiafnts <br />Commercial nature of the use in residential zones <br />Z} Some cities in Minnesota that have decided to regulate. STHRs. <br />a) Eagan <br />• STHRS allowed in owner -occupied residential units <br />Allowed ih accessorydwelling units if the stay is more than 3o days <br />b) Duluth <br />r Developed separate STHR regulations for vacation homes vs. owner -occupied homes <br />• "Vacation dweJ.ling units' require an interim use permit,.which expires after b years, and <br />has a number of requirements including annual licensing <br />• "Accessoryhome 5hare" also reciuires a permit, but it is an adminlsteative permit which <br />is required annually <br />2 <br />