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Planning Commission - October 18, 2023 Page 6 In a search by staff, 3 homes were found on the most popular websites to be listed as St. Anthony locations, and 2 others listed rooms for rent (rather than the entire property). The City has recently received complaints related to short term rental occupancies and property maintenance. Roseville, on the other hand, recently acted to prohibit new applications for short-term rental units. A copy of Roseville’s “Short Term Rental Brochure” is attached to this report for information on that city’s licensing program for previously existing short term rental units. Roseville enacted its prohibition after a series of complaints about certain units being used as “party houses”, disrupting neighborhoods, and concerns over ongoing maintenance, trash, noise, and other issues. They continue to study the issue to identify ways that the City can amend its licensing and enforcement process to eliminate problems they have encountered. As a part of the decision to prohibit new licenses, Roseville agreed to continue licensing current operators, but additional regulation is expected. Ordinance Proposal No. 2: Limit (or eliminate) rental licensing for single family units being used as short-term rental units. In this Ordinance, there are two options. One would be to terminate licensing for all short term rental units beginning with the next licensing period. Because the use is not specifically a residential use and can be viewed as a commercial use of property, there is no specific property right in re-licensing for the existing short-term properties. The second option would be to allow re-licensing of the current operations, but prohibit new licenses for short-term rental property. The current definition of “Dwelling” is: A building or a unit in a building intended to be occupied by a person or persons as a place of residence, but excluding rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes and boarding homes, and excluding trailers and tents. One aspect of either option would be to strengthen the definitions to include a definition of “Residence” or “Residential” as: Occupancy of a dwelling or dwelling unit for a period of at least 30 days or longer. A.Definition: Residential (or Residence): A dwelling unit that is intended for occupancy for no less than 30 days, whether owned or rented. B.Definition: Short-Term Rental: A form of transient occupancy, similar to motels or other such uses, in a residential zoning district which occupancy of a residential building, room, or suite of rooms is offered, rented, or used, for periods of less than 30 consecutive days. C.1. No rental license shall be issued for any building, room, or suite of rooms in a residential district for any “Short-term rental”. [Option 1].