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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2023 Page 10 1 He takes care of those rental properties he owns. If someone takes care of their properties he 2 has no issues. If someone doesn’t that should be addressed by code enforcement. 3 4 Chair Socha feels the code that addresses the appearance of the property and code 5 enforcement. 6 7 Commissioner Rude stated it would be difficult to limit it to individuals rather than 8 corporations. If a home cannot be sold due to tax purposes, it should be able to be rented. If 9 we limit the number of people that can rent house values will go down as they cannot be 10 rented. It would be unfair. The rental applications come up every three years. New 11 applications should have priority over renewals. 12 13 Chair Socha stated she knows of two homes in St. Anthony where older people left their home 14 to see how they liked senior living. There are many reasons that people want to hold onto their 15 homes. Homeowner associations are not well liked due to restrictions so work arounds are 16 occurring. One suggestion is to limit four licenses per applicant. She asked how that could be 17 monitored. Mr. Grittman stated it is not uncommon to have those restrictions for alcohol sale 18 or pawn shops and limit the number of licenses individuals can be party to. 19 20 Commissioner Hendrickson stated the Minneapolis Federal Reserve has produced a couple of 21 publications regarding single family housing. There are tools for census tracking. St. Anthony 22 is at 2.5% and below average for single family homes. Having single family rentals in the 23 community is an asset. The supply and demand curve for home ownership is affected if this is 24 limited. 25 26 Commissioner Erickson hadn’t thought about the special circumstances due to a life event 27 where an owner may need to rent. He asked about the 54 number and asked if that has 28 remained unchanged in the last few years. Mr. Grittman stated it is within the range but he 29 does not know what the trends have been. 30 31 Chair Socha stated she feels more comfortable limiting short term rentals. There may be 32 circumstances where people cannot be in their home, they can’t afford to sell and renting 33 would be an option. 34 35 Commissioner Kuykendall stated he does not know how robust inspections are at this time in 36 St. Anthony. He would feel better about having solid code inspections on rentals rather than 37 limiting the number of rentals. Then we know the properties would be taken care of. 38 39 Chair Socha stated when it comes to affordability renting is an aspect. Renting is more 40 affordable. 41 42 Commissioner Rude stated Minneapolis and St. Paul are making it difficult to be a landlord. 43 They are doing the opposite of what should be done. He cited an example of what his father 44 did in Indiana. Home ownership is a bundle of rights. The person that lives in the property 45 needs to take care of the property. Other communities are doing heavier code enforcement. 46