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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building/ <br />Item # 25 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 16, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals - Second Reading <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Amending the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to <br />Chapter 8 of the SAMC Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals (Second Reading) <br />Legal notice was published in the OC Reporter on April 10, 2024. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance amending the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC prohibiting Short-Term <br />Rentals. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-3061 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING ARTICLE XXI TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the April 2, 2024 meeting, the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance and <br />conducted a first reading of a standard ordinance to amend the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC, thereby prohibiting Short- <br />Term Rentals. The standard ordinance, approved 4:3 with Councilmember Bacerra, <br />Mayor Pro Tem Phan, and Mayor Amezcua dissenting, requires a second reading. The <br />urgency ordinance, under a standalone motion and approved with unanimous votes, <br />went into full force and effect immediately. <br />Both ordinances reaffirm and clarify that short-term rentals, as defined therein, are and <br />have not been permissible in Santa Ana. No changes to either ordinance were made by <br />the City Council; a clean copy of the standard ordinance for second reading is attached <br />to this report as Exhibit 1.