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ORDINANCE NO. NS-3072 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND <br />REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE XXI TO <br />CHAPTER 8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br />PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS <br />WHEREAS, Article XXI of Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code ("SAMC"), <br />entitled "SHORT-TERM RENTALS" was adopted to preserve public peace, health, <br />safety, and welfare by expressly prohibiting short-term rentals in the City of Santa Ana <br />and to declare such uses as a public nuisance punishable under the SAMC; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to repeal and reenact Article XXI of Chapter <br />8 of the SAMC and make additional findings for its short-term rental prohibition; and <br />WHEREAS, the proliferation of online vacation rental websites such as <br />Airbnb.com and vrbo.corn have encouraged and enabled City of Santa Ana ("City") <br />property owners, tenants, and occupants to rent their local, residential properties on a <br />short-term rental i"STR") basis to travelers or transients; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the SAMC to expressly prohibit <br />STRs within the City, to reaffirm existing policy and practice, and to preserve the <br />residential character of City neighborhoods and stem the negative, secondary effects <br />caused by those uses; and <br />WHEREAS, during the period beginning June 1, 2023 to the present, the Santa <br />Ana Police Department ("SAPD") has received more than 250 calls for service and <br />approximately,80 complaints related to the negative secondary effects of STRs in Santa <br />Ana residential neighborhoods including but not limited to excessive noise, excessive <br />alcohol use, parking problems, and fighting. These conditions constitute a public <br />nuisance, threatening public health and safety and degrading the residential character <br />of homes and neighborhoods; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has limited police and staff resources, and these limited <br />resources have been inordinately taxed by the need to respond to the calls for services <br />and complaints related to the nuisance conditions created by STRs across the City; and <br />WHEREAS, STRs also remove housing stock that could otherwise be available <br />for long-term rental or for sale. Data collected from various STR platforms reveals that <br />there are more than 700 STRs currently operating in Santa Ana. These 700 STRs are <br />advertised in 1,760 listings across multiple platforms. The City's Regional Housing <br />Needs Allocation (RHNA) for 2021-2029 is 3,137 permanent housing units. The 700 <br />STRs represent about 22 percent of the City's RHNA housing needs, diverting a <br />significant portion of available housing away from permanent residents; and, <br />Ordinance No. NS-3072 <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />