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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 13, 2023 Page 8 Community Development Director Janice Gundlach briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated Febru- ary 13, 2023. Mayor Roe indicated the soonest expiration date of a current license that would not be eligible for renewal under this would be June 22, 2023 and then mid-July and mid-September time frame. Councilmember Strahan confirmed that this does not rescind or change any current licenses. It could only impact renewal of the licenses that are out there or origina- tion of any new license applications. Ms. Gundlach indicated that was correct. Councilmember Strahan explained this does not bring into consideration any owner-occupied rentals as well. Ms. Gundlach indicated that was correct because the current Ordinances exempt owner-occupied rentals, whether short-term or long-term. Councilmember Strahan asked if the Council could bring owner occupied rentals into consideration as this is reviewed. Ms. Gundlach explained that is possible but clarified that the Ordinance the Council is being asked to adopt tonight only relates to the short-term rental licensing pro- gram. If the Council wanted to make changes to the owner-occupancy exemption under regular rental licensing, that is not affected by this ban but the Council could still change the regulations on those but is not included in the temporary ban. Councilmember Groff asked what a realistic timeline was of getting this resolved. Ms. Gundlach indicated she did not know the answer to that question because she did not know what direction staff has in order to pursue changes to regulations. A lot of ideas have been thrown around and she thought conversations needed to be done about what the City is able to enforce and what the City is not able to enforce. This can be brought back for some direction fairly quickly and then depending on what that direction is, that will determine on how much time it will take to prepare amendments for future consideration. Councilmember Groff asked out of fairness to the people who have licenses coming up for renewal, he thought it is something to be considered because those people have acted in good faith with their licenses and been compliant with the City ordi- nance so for this to get thrown on them is not fair in his opinion.