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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 Page 13 1 2 Chair Socha asked about grandfathering short-term rentals. Some people have put a lot of money into 3 their property to list it on VRBO. She wants to be able to grandfather houses in, but she does not 4 know how that process would work. How would those properties be identified? Short-term rentals 5 should be licensed. She feels it should be allowed at a small percentage. It would amount to 10% of 6 rentals within the City. She suggested that the topic of whether there are operational rules that should 7 apply to short-term licenses be discussed further. That would make the grandfathering moot. Mr. 8 Grittman stated he does not believe the Code is unclear. A short-term rental is not a residence and is 9 not allowed in the Code. If a short-term rental should be allowed, the Code needs to be written so 10 there is no confusion about what the Code says. 11 12 Commissioner Corneille stated that when reading the ordinance, it allows people to do short-term 13 rentals within their dwelling as expense sharing. Mr. Grittman stated that the City allows a 14 homeowner to rent a room in a home to a boarder. 15 16 Mr. White stated they don't get calls from people wanting to attend an event. The key to having it 17 work for St. Anthony is a local manager/owner. He encouraged the Commission to think about 18 Operational Rules. He does not recommend grandfathering anyone who does not have a rental 19 license. 20 21 Commissioner Mayne thanked Mr. White for his comments. This is a different case from what the 22 City is trying to discourage. He would be against a ban. He is not clear on what the options are. There 23 may need to be a short-term ordinance written. 24 25 Chair Socha suggested that an option would be to table this and have the Staff create a draft 26 ordinance for short-term rentals separately. 27 28 Commissioner Mayne suggested adding verbiage to Sections 1 to 9 on short-term rentals. 29 30 There were no comments about the signage section. For Rent signs are allowed for licensed rental 31 properties. 32 33 Commissioner Corneille suggested having a voluntary registration process for short-term rentals 34 within the City. 35 36 Motion by Chair Socha, seconded by Commissioner Mayne, to recommend Sections 10 and 11 of the 37 Ordinance be approved and table action on Sections 1 to 9 and direct Staff to develop some options 38 for language that would allow for short-term rentals in a regulated fashion. 39 40 Motion carried 4-0. 41 42 Chair Socha closed the public hearing at 10:33 p.m. 43 44 VII. STAFF REPORTS - NONE. 45 46 VIII. OTHER BUSINES - NONE.