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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2023 Page 11 1 Commissioner Kuykendall stated fees may need to be increased to have a body to do the code 2 enforcement. 3 4 Chair Socha stated the ownership and affordability are separate goals. She would be more 5 likely to purchase a home knowing she would have the ability to rent it if necessary. If there 6 were overly strict restrictions than other communities that would not encourage purchasing 7 homes in St. Anthony. 8 9 Commissioner Kuykendall stated if someone is going to rent a property you need to be a 10 responsible homeowner for the protection of that renter. That is right for the community and 11 for the renter. We don’t want slum lords. There needs to be minimum inspections to ensure 12 there is safety. 13 14 Commissioner Erickson stated he feels it is a good idea to restrict the number of single family 15 home rentals since St. Anthony has a limited supply of single family homes. Some sort of cap 16 should be considered. The Council wanted this studied more. He believes this is what Council 17 was saying at the work session. There should be rentals considered for life events. 18 19 Mr. Grittman noted in the Winona case it could not be distinguished between owner occupied 20 single family and single family rentals. It took many years for these cases to run through the 21 courts. There are a few other communities that have implemented this. 22 23 Chair Socha stated there is not a lot of precedent showing limiting rentals works out. 24 25 Commissioner Rude didn’t hear any comments about dispersing the rental units throughout 26 the City. Mr. Grittman stated the rationale is if there are issues raised by rental housing the 27 concentration of rental housing in a neighborhood that neighborhood would suffer. Spreading 28 rentals out would eliminate this problem by limiting the number of rentals on a block. 29 Commissioner Rude is a landlord not in Minnesota. He has a house on his block that he did 30 not know was a rental. Maybe there should be a limit of a two year rental with exceptions for 31 special circumstances. 32 33 Chair Socha stated there are many exceptions that would need to be considered. The only idea 34 she likes is not allowing corporate ownership with not one entity owning more than four rental 35 properties. She suspect if a survey is done most rental unit owners would say let them do what 36 they want. 2.5% does seem low to her as well. They survey would be a good tool in gaining 37 input from the community. 38 39 Chair Socha moved onto sacred settlements. 40 41 Commissioner Kuykendall suggested a simple location such as a church and asked where a 42 micro home would go in that particular situation. Mr. Grittman stated it would be in one of 43 their parking lots. 44