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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: February 13, 2023 Item No.: 7.i Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Consider Ordinancesamending Title 9, Section 909 of the City Code in order to stop issuance or renewal of Short Term Rental licenses 1 B ACKGROUND 2 The legislative history surrounding Short Term Rental (STR) licenses is as follows: 3 August 24, 2020: The City Council engaged in a discussion regarding options to regulate 4 STR’s. Thismeeting included extensive public comment. 5 September 28, 2020: The City Council reviewed three options to regulate STR’s. These 6 options included: 1) amend the existing Rental Registration requirements outlining a definitive 7 process to revoke and/or suspenda problem rental registration, 2) outright ban on STR’s, and 8 3) create a business license for rentals less than 30 days. The Council directed staff to pursue 9 a combination of options one and three. This meeting included extensive public comment. 10 January 11, 2021: The City Council reviewed draft ordinances regulating STR’s and provided 11 direction to staff. This meeting included extensive public comment. 12 February 8, 2021: The City Council adopted Ordinance 1596 establishing a license 13 requriement for STR’s. Since adoption of ordinance 1596, six licenses have been issued. 14 January 30, 2023: By motion, the City Council directed staff to prepare the necessary 15 ordinance to stopissuance of future STR licenses until such a time the regulations can be 16 further evaluated. This motion passed unanimously. 17 th 18 Based on public testimonyprovided at the January 30meeting, the City Council directed staff to 19 draft an ordinanceto stop theissuance of STRlicensesso that the existingregulations can be 20 reevaluated. After consultation with the City Attorney, the Ordinance provided in Attachment A is 21 recommended for adoption, which stops the issuance of any new STR licenses, as well as issuance of 22 any renewals given licenses are only valid for one year. Once the City Council has determined if any 23 regulations need to be changed, another ordinance would need to be adopted to reflect those new rules. 24 The City Council can always choose to simply reinstate the rules that were in place prior to adoption 25 of this proposed Ordinance if revised regulations are deemed unncessary. 26 27 The below table outlines all current licenses and their expiration date (including the two approved on th 28 January 30): 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Page 1of 2