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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2025 Page 7 1 Mayor Webster stated some short-term rentals within the community have bookings for the next 2 few months. This would provide time for owners to move to the long-term rental or choose to 3 sell the home. She suggested January 1 be the deadline. 4 5 Councilmember Doolan stated that it is some kind of amenity, but we have significant affordable 6 housing issues. If we are capping long-term rentals at 80, the owner -occupied or adjacent is the 7 standard that some entities as the gold standard. 8 9 Councilmember Jenson asked Mr. Yunker to contact the City Attorney about whether we would 10 be held liable for instituting a due date of January I to eliminate all short-term rentals. 11 12 Mayor Webster asked if it would be helpful for the City Attorney to give an opinion on short- 13 term rentals that are adjacent to the property owner. 14 15 Councilmember Doolan stated it is a good idea to get an understanding of legal liability. This is 16 also relevant to ADUs. 17 18 Councilmember Jenson agreed that the City Attorney's opinion would be good information. It 19 may be helpful to have the City Attorney present during the City Council discussion during a 20 work session. Mr. Grittman stated that a motion to table would be appropriate. 21 22 Motion by Councilmember Elnagdy, seconded by Councilmember Doolan, to table First Reading 23 of Ordinance 2025-04 — An Ordinance Amending the City Code, Sections 152 and 154, Related 24 to Licensing and Regulations for Renting of Single -Family Detached Housing and Ordinance 25 2025-05 — An Ordinance Amending the City Code, Section 152, Related to Licensing and 26 Regulations for Renting of Single -Family Housing. Motion carried 4-0. 27 28 29 Mr. Paul White, 3201 32"d Avenue NE, is the owner of a small one -bedroom neighborhood guest 30 house. This has been rented for over 10 years. Mr. White read a prepared document. He stated 31 Council had a thorough discussion. He supports St. Anthony's goals of preserving affordable 32 housing. There are no current problems with short-term rentals. Council is trying to protect the 33 good in St. Anthony. He suggested a balanced approach to either establishing a cap or 34 grandfathering the current short-term rentals. He noted short-term rentals are not defined in the 35 City Code currently, but a rental unit that he is registered for is defined as a dwelling for rent or 36 lease in exchange for money. He believes the only short-term rentals in the City amount to 7 and 37 hold rental licenses. If there is someone with a short-term rental that does not have a license 38 deserve to have one. Operating a short-term rental exceeds revenues. They are providing 39 affordable housing compared to staying at a hotel. They don't have complaints, violations, or 40 police activity. His neighbors use and support the guest house as a neighborhood amenity. He 41 provided letters from neighbors in support of his short-term rental. People who visit St. Anthony 42 have family or friends here. He provided options for consideration. He suggested the Council 43 consider property rights. Annual inspections need to occur. There could be a requirement that 44 short-term rentals need to certify local ownership. 45