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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 17, 2023 Page 4 1 A.2 Create a definition of “Block”: A block is a tract of land bounded on all sides by 3 streets or by a combination of streets, public parks, railroad rights-of-way, pierhead 4 lines or airport boundaries. 5 B.6 Create a total cap on the number of single family rental licenses. As noted, this count 7 is currently at 54. A cap could be created at that number, or a limited increase or 8 decrease. If a decrease, the City would likely issue renewals until the number 9 eventually was reduced to the cap point by the market and sales to owner-occupants. 10 C.11 Limit licensees to no more than four single family detached units within St. Anthony. 12 13 Options for Geographic distribution/concentration: 14 15 D1. If geographic distribution or concentration is considered an issue, the ordinance could 16 be written to allow no more than two licenses for units facing the same side of any 17 street within any block. 18 19 D2. The City could further limit licensed rentals to no more than two contiguous parcels, 20 nor more than three licenses on any block. 21 22 D3. Limit total licenses by quadrant (or other defined geographic marker) of the City, such 23 as areas north or south of 33rd Avenue NE, and east or west of Silver Lake Road. Each 24 quadrant would be limited to no more than a fixed number of licensed single family 25 properties. (Currently, there are 17 licensees in the NW quadrant; 9 in the NE 26 quadrant; 10 in the SE quadrant; and 18 in the SW quadrant). 27 28 This ordinance is intended to create an overall limitation, and avoid large-scale corporate 29 domination of single family unit supply, and potentially address concentration on blocks or 30 within general areas of the City. Together the provisions are intended to support the City’s 31 goals of promoting home ownership and preserving naturally-occurring affordability within 32 the existing housing stock by limiting competition from non-resident owner-renters. 33 34 A separate issue often raised in the discussion is that of short-term (“Vacation”) rental. This is 35 defined by the State of Minnesota as rental periods of less than 30 days. Short-term rental is 36 not considered a residential use of property, but rather is technically a lodging use. While the 37 State of Minnesota regulations commercial lodging, they are not currently enforcing their 38 licensing provisions on short-term rental housing. In a search by staff, 3 homes were found on 39 the most popular websites to be listed as St. Anthony locations, and 2 others listed rooms for 40 rent (rather than the entire property). The City has recently received complaints related to 41 short term rental occupancies and property maintenance. 42 43 Ordinance Proposal No. 2: Limit (or eliminate) rental licensing for single family units being 44 used as short-term rental units. 45