TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Jeff Gibson, Interim Community Development Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Request by Mayor Hersman and Mayor Pro Tem Montgomery to Direct the Planning Commission to Consider Revisions to Use Permit Requirements for Short-Term Rentals in Commercial Zones (Interim Community Development Director Gibson).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss and provide direction as to whether the Planning Commission should consider recommending changes to the regulations and standards for short-term rentals in commercial zones.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to the Brown Act, the City Council can discuss items not on an agenda except under very limited circumstances. The City Council has developed a process to allow individual Councilmembers to request, with the support of another Councilmember, that items be placed on a future agenda for City Council discussion. At that future meeting, the item is identified on the agenda in full compliance with the Brown Act. Discussion allows an opportunity to the public to provide input and the City Council, as a body, to decide whether it wants to provide direction to staff, the Planning Commission or come back for a future discussion. The process:
STEP ONE:
During "Future Agenda Items," a Councilmember may request that an item be placed on the agenda. If another Councilmember concurs with placing the item on the agenda, the item is placed on a future agenda. This Step One occurred on August 6, 2019.
STEP TWO:
The item has been placed on the agenda. After discussion, the City Council has the following options:
a) Receive and File the report.
b) Direct the Planning Commission to consider whether the r...
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