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Memorandum <br /> <br /> <br />To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br />From: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br />Date: June 3, 2021, for the City Council Meeting of June 7, 2021 <br />Re: Discussion on Recommendation from the Ordinance Review Committee Regarding <br />Short Term Rentals <br /> <br /> <br />1. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />Staff has received a complaint on a short term rental facility that is advertised on the website <br />Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO). The Washington County Sheriff’s Department has also <br />received numerous complaints on the property. The complaints relate to noise, parties, and <br />the transient nature of the short term rentals. After reviewing the City Code, it is in staff’s <br />opinion that short term rentals are not allowed in the City. The City Code does not define or <br />address short term rentals. The owner of the short term rental has made a request to the City <br />Council to evaluate allowing short term rental facilities in the City. At its April 5, 2021, meeting <br />the City Council directed staff to forward the request to the Ordinance Review Committee <br />(ORC) so they can review and provide a recommendation to the City Council on what to do <br />with short term rental facilities in the City. <br /> <br />2. ORC RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />The ORC meet on April 28, 2021, to discuss what to do with short term rentals. The ORC agreed <br />that the City should address short terms rentals whether to prohibit or to allow by ordinance. <br />They discussed a few instances where they thought short term rentals could be allowed. They <br />discussed regulations for the urban area versus the rural area. Although they did not get into <br />depth on that the regulations would be, they discussed having different regulations to allow <br />short term rentals in the urban and rural areas. <br /> <br />The ORC made a recommendation to create an ordinance to allow short term rentals. <br /> <br />I.3