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Item # 10.

Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	03/12/2019
Department:	Public Works

AGENDA CAPTION:

Present, Discuss, and Consider Action to Approve an Ordinance Amending Chapter 22 - Businesses of the Code of Ordinances by Adding Article VIII, Short Term Rentals, in order to Establish Regulations for Short Term Rentals, and Amending Chapter 74 - Taxation of the Code of Ordinances to Amend the Definition of a Hotel to Include Short Term Rentals.

BACKGROUND:

Short term rentals are generally defined as renting a home or a portion of a home for stays of less than 30 days. Given the popularity of apps such as Airbnb, the use of short term rentals in residential areas has increased. At the Work Session on January 22, 2019, staff presented the City Council with information regarding how such uses could be regulated. Based on the direction received, staff has prepared the attached ordinance to regulate short term rentals in Addison.

The proposed ordinance requires property owners offering short term rentals to register with the Town. This registration would be good for a period of one year and cost $25. The property owner would be required to provide their contact information, contact information for a local emergency contact, as well as information about the property confirming compliance with ordinance requirements.

The proposed ordinance would prohibit the property owner from installing signage and impose limitations on the number of occupants and vehicles that may be on the property at one time. Additionally, the ordinance would impose certain operational standards, including prohibiting the renting of a home as a party venue. The property owner would be required to provide renters with their contact information as well as pertinent information regarding local rules and requirements for things such as parking, noise and trash collection.

The Town would be required to send notice to properties within 100 feet of the short term rental property. This notice would provide adjacent property owners with information about the ordinance requirements as well as a 24-hour complaint line, which would be the Town's non-emergency dispatch number.

The ordinance includes a sunset provision after one year, requiring the City Council to review and adjust or extend these requirements.

Lastly, the ordinance amends the definition of a hotel to include short term rentals as it relates to the collection of hotel occupancy taxes. This change allows the Town to collect such taxes from short term rentals.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Ordinance - Short Term Rentals
Presentation - Short Term Rentals