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34term duration, the normal reasonable allowance of time to correct certain prohibited activity 35 makes enforcement difficult. This is because the violation is corrected within the compliance 36period typically provided by the nature of the rental ceasing or switchingtenancy(examples 37include vehicles and parking). Additionally, one might suggest the burden of noncompliance 38under any of these codes is overly burdensome to the immediate neighborhood due to the nature 39of the short-term term occupancy of the property causing the problem. 40 3. Options for greater regulation 41There are pros and cons to various ways of regulation. Staff would note the most obvious con is 42an inability of the City to know and/or confirm the duration of a rental. A rental agreement or 43lease is a legal document of which the City is not a party to. Bearing this in mind, staff would 44offer the following for discussion: 45 Define “short-term rental” as a duly registered rental property which may or may not be 46owner-occupied that isrented to a family (as currently defined in City Code Section 471001.10) for not more than 30 consecutive days(or whatever period of time deemed 48 appropriate by Council). Once the definition is determined, Council could decide to 49 prohibit short-term rentals entirely or impose additional conditions on them, which could 50 be written into the registration chapter (907). In regards to notification of a timeframe 51 restriction, staff would suggest an acknowledgement be added to the rental registration 52 form, whereby when registering the owner/manager must acknowledge the timeframe 53 restriction. 54 Instead of, or in addition to focusing on the duration of the rental, one could focus on 55 regulating the offensive activities at rental properties. This could include the following: 56 o Prohibiting the use of registered rental properties for conducting outdoor 57gatherings in excess of 10 persons (or whichever number the Council deems 58 appropriate) and indoor gatherings of 20 persons (or whichever number the 59Council deems appropriate). The idea would be to prohibit someone from renting 60a property solely to hold a party/event of a size that would cause disruptions to the 61 immediate area. 62 o Add to the list of prohibited Home Occupations (1011.12.B.3.l-Attachment A), 63 “indoor or outdoor gatherings as restricted under City Code, Chapter 907 64 regarding registered rentals”. 65 o Provide for a clearer process to suspend or revoke a registered rental under 66 Chapter 907. Currently, the authority is granted to the Community Development 67 Director. It may be more appropriate to define specific conditions whereby, if 68 met, a suspension and/or revocation will be heard before the City Council. The 69 list of committed violations under this section should be reviewed to ensure all 70 applicable offensive behaviors are included. Additionally, a number should be 71 established within a specific period of time, say, three violations within three 72 months triggers review by City Council. Lastly, the penalties could get