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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 15, 2025 Page 7 1 The consensus of the Commission is not to support a cap on rentals within St. Anthony. 2 3 Commissioner Corneille noted there is an increasing number of families who are on some rental 4 housing assistance, and Staff could bring that data, and we would be further restricting access to units 5 to people who are on housing assistance and unable to purchase a house. In his rental properties, 15% 6 of his tenants are receiving some form of housing assistance. These are people living and working in 7 St. Anthony right now. 8 9 Chair Socha stated in her former job, she was in a position where she was providing legal advice to 10 people who were of limited means. Repeatedly, people who were eligible for housing assistance were 11 on wait lists for available units. The economy is very uncertain right now. People may not be in the 12 best position to buy a home if we go into a recession. Now may not be the time to restrict rentals. 13 14 Commissioner Mayne asked Ms. Morello if the short-term rental conversation was dropped. Ms. 15 Morello stated on February 25, the decision was made to prohibit short-term rentals that will result in 16 ordinance language revisions. 17 18 Chair Socha asked what the Commissioners feel about short-term rentals. Commissioner Morita 19 noted it is not on the agenda, Chair Socha stated it can be discussed, and this is a public meeting. Ms. 20 Morello stated the City Council was looking more for long-term rental input. Chair Socha stated she 21 does not have objections to prohibiting short-term rentals. They may not be desirable in a residential 22 community. It is not a restriction on homeowners’ rights regarding short-term rentals. 23 24 Commissioner Erickson recalled that when discussed previously on short-term rentals, there was talk 25 of Roseville restricting the length of time a certain rental was available for short-term use. Chair 26 Socha stated there was discussion about how difficult it would be to license short-term rentals. 27 28 Mr. Grittman stated that the baseline for short-term rentals (less than 30 days) are not a residential use 29 and would be a commercial lodging use. They are not allowed in any of the residential zones. 30 Roseville modified its code approach to limiting the number of rental contracts that any one owner 31 could issue in a time period. City Council decided they did not want short-term rentals in the City and 32 directed Staff to make it more explicit that short-term rentals are not allowed. 33 34 Commissioner Anderson stated it is a nice option to have some, and if owners have invested a lot of 35 money in making it a rental, it may not be fair, but it makes sense in a zoning perspective. Mr. 36 Grittman when this was discussed there was not anything in code compliance. 37 38 The consensus of the Commission was to have a joint work session with Council regarding this 39 matter. 40 41 III.OTHER BUSINES - NONE. 42 43 IV.COMMUNITY FORUM. 44 45 Mr. Paul White, 3201 32nd Avenue NE, does not understand how this would help affordable 46 housing and protect the character of the neighborhood. He is impressed with the 47