Agenda Date: 10/08/18
Subject:
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PC Resolution 26-2018, An ordinance to amend the city's definitions of lodging uses and other associated definitions into Section 10-2-1 of Littleton's Zoning Code, to amend Section 10-3-1, Land Uses, to amend Section 3-9-2-1, Business License requirements, and to establish new regulations for short-term rentals, Section 10-4-18.
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Presented By:
Jocelyn Mills, Community Development Director
PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT: An ordinance to amend the city's definitions of lodging uses and other associated definitions into Section 10-2-1 of Littleton's Zoning Code, to amend Section 10-3-1, Land Uses and short-term rentals, to amend Section 3-9-2-1, Business License requirements for short-term rentals, and to establish new regulations for short-term rentals, Section 10-4-18.
BACKGROUND: Currently there is a moratorium in place until October 17, 2018 for the city to not issue any more business license for short-term rentals in Littleton since the zoning code does not adequately address the topic of regulating short-term rentals in the city's residential neighborhoods. City council directed staff to draft regulations.
Short-term rentals are the rental of property to an individual for a period that does not exceed thirty (30) days, granting the individual the rights of a tenant as compared to a person renting a hotel or motel room. Short-term rentals may consist of an entire house, a single room in a house, or a combination of these. All of these would have the same type of sales tax licenses under the lodging classification. Other types of lodging classifications advertise and use short-term online rental platforms.
The city issues business and sales/use tax licenses for the collection of sales taxes under the lodging classification for a number of businesses, including short-term rental properties. This same sales tax classification is used to issue business and sales/use tax licenses for many other uses such as hotels, mot...
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