50B - EMERGENCY ORD - SHORT TERM RENTALS

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LS 9. 8.15 ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING A 45 -DAY TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON SHORT -TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTAL USES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The growing popularity of "home- sharing" and other short -term vacation rentals, through the use of internet -based companies such as Airbnb, Vacation Rentals by Owner ( "VRBO ") and Homeaway, allow individual homeowners, landlords, and tenants to list homes, apartments, and rooms for rent. B. The current provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code ( "SAMC') do not clearly identify short -term residential rental uses or take into account the potential impacts associated with the establishment of short -term rentals within existing residential zones. As such, provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code ( "the Code ") require review, study, and possible revision in order to respond to recent concerns relating to the impacts of these short -term rental uses in the City. C. Given these concerns, the City Council hereby requests that a study be undertaken of the current provisions of Chapter 41 of the Municipal Code to address short -term residential rentals and determine whether such uses should be permitted in the City, and if so, where such uses should be permitted and under what conditions. D. Based on the foregoing, the City Council finds that issuing permits, business licenses, or other applicable entitlements to individuals wishing to use their property for the purposes of a short -term residential rental, prior to the City's completion of its study of the potential impact of such short -term residential rentals, would pose a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, and that a temporary moratorium on the issuance of such permits, licenses, and entitlements is thus necessary. E. If a short -term residential rental use is permitted in the City without further review and potential regulation, it will pose a serious threat to the public interest, health, safety and welfare for the following reasons: Residents living near unregulated short -terra residential rentals are impacted by such uses' excessive noise, which affects the quality of life for surrounding residents, on- street parking impacts, nuisance conditions and traffic in and around these uses. Ordinance No. NS - _ Page 1 of 4 50B -3