TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Board of Supervisors and County Counsel
MEETING DATE: August 1, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Matthew Kiedrowski
PHONE:
234-6885
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 30 min.
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Adoption of Urgency Ordinance Establishing Interim Restrictions on the Establishment of Short-Term/Vacation Rentals of Residential Property Pending the Study and Consideration of Land Use and Other Regulations Pertaining to Such Rentals (Sponsors: Board of Supervisors and County Counsel)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Urgency Ordinance establishing interim restrictions on the establishment of short-term/vacation rentals of residential property pending the study and consideration of land use and other regulations pertaining to such rentals; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On May 16, 2017, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to prepare an Ordinance establishing a moratorium on short-term rentals in Mendocino County.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Government Code Section 65858 authorizes a county board of supervisors to enact, with a vote of at least 4/5's, an interim ordinance prohibiting any uses that may be in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan or zoning proposal that the board is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time. The ordinance must contain findings that there is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare, and that the approval of additional entitlements for the use would result in that threat to public health, safety or welfare.
At the direction of the Board of Supervisors, County staff has prepared an ordinance that would adopt interim restrictions on the establishment of new Short-Term Rentals, or Vacation Rentals in the areas of Mendocino County governed by the Inland and Coastal Zoning Codes; the area governed by the Mendocino To...
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