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Memorandum To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator From: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director Date: September 15, 2021, for the City Council Meeting of September 20, 2021 Re: Ordinance: Short Term Rentals – Prohibited 1. PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE: At its September 9, 2021, meeting the Planning Commission held a public hearing and considered the ordinance. Staff recommend approval of the ordinance to the Planning Commission. There was no one that spoke during the public hearing. There were questions from the commissioners on where the ordinance would apply. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance to the City Council. 2. BACKGROUND: Staff received complaints on a short term rental facility that is advertised on the website Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO). The Washington County Sheriff’s Department has also received numerous complaints on the property. The complaints relate to noise, parties, and the transient nature of the short term rentals. After reviewing the City Code, it is in staff’s opinion that short term rentals are not allowed in the City. The City Code does not define or address short term rentals. The owner of the short term rental has made a request to the City Council to evaluate allowing short term rental facilities in the City. At its April 5, 2021, meeting the City Council directed staff to forward the request to the Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) so they can review and provide a recommendation to the City Council on what to do with short term rental facilities in the City. The ORC meet on April 28, 2021, to discuss what to do with short term rentals. The ORC agreed that the City should address short terms rentals whether to prohibit or to allow by ordinance. They discussed a few instances where they thought short term rentals could be allowed. They discussed regulations for the urban area versus the rural area. Although they did not get into depth on that the regulations would be, they discussed having different regulations to allow short term rentals in the urban and rural areas. The ORC made a recommendation to create an ordinance for short term rentals. At its June 7, 2021, meeting the City Council discussed the recommendation from the ORC. They stated that has been several complaints and disturbances because of short term rentals and directed staff to draft an ordinance for the City Council to review prohibiting short term rentals in the City. At its August 16, 2021, meeting the City Council reviewed the draft G.11