Agenda Date: 11/17/2020
Subject:
Title
Ordinance 41-2020: An ordinance on second reading adding Chapter 23, entitled Short-Term Rentals, to Title 3 Business Regulations of the Littleton City Code
Body
Prepared by:
Reid Betzing, City Attorney
Jennifer Henninger, Community Development Director
PURPOSE:
To consider a new section to Title 3: Business Regulations related to the licensing of short-term rentals
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Reid Betzing, City Attorney and
Jennifer Henninger, Community Development Director
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
The proposed ordinance creates new definitions for short-term rentals (STRs), outlines application requirements, details license requirements and restrictions, and sets forth grounds for revocation of the license. Staff also created a Good Neighbor Guidelines Handout for all STRs to post inside the property as well as a Good Neighbor Letter that will be distributed to neighbors adjacent to an STR by the STR license holder.
PRIOR ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS:
Since the proposed STR regulations from 2019 were denied by Council, staff has planned on STRs being addressed as part of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) process. Since January and February of 2019, a citizen group has met and provided several different ideas that could be addressed in future STR regulations. Among the items addressed by the citizen group was the recommendation STRs which are owner occupied be treated differently than STRs not occupied by a property owner.
At Council's February 2020 workshop, a request was made to evaluate what actions could be taken on STR regulations prior to the formal adoption of the ULUC. In July of this year, staff proposed a phased approach to STRs that included creation of a Good Neighbor Handout for owners, users, and neighbors of STRs and drafting new STR business license regulations.
City Council held the first reading on Ordinance 41-2020 regarding short-term Rentals on the 20th of Oc...
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