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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24382 RESOLUTION NO. 24382 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO CONSOLIDATE A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2018, WITH THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs called a Special Municipal Election to be held on June 5, 2018, for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question relating to the prohibition of vacation rental of single family residences in the city; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election to be held on the same date and that within the city the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the County Election Department of the County of Riverside canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of California Elections Code (EC) Section 10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside is hereby requested to consent and agree to order the consolidation of the Special Municipal Election with the Statewide Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the voters a question relating to the prohibition of vacation rental of single family residences in the city. SECTION 2. That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows: MEASURE _: PROHIBITION OF VACATION RENTAL OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS Shall the City of Palm Springs prohibit vacation rentals in Yes single family residences? No Resolution No. 24382 Page 2 SECTION 3. That the proposed complete text of the ordinance submitted to the voters is attached as Exhibit A. SECTION 4. That the vote requirement for the measure to pass is a majority (50%+1) of the total number of valid ballots cast and counted. SECTION 5. That the County Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of the ballot shall be used. The election will be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law regulating statewide or special election. SECTION 6. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County Elections Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election. SECTION 7. That the City of Palm Springs recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs. SECTION 8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the County Election Department of the County of Riverside. SECTION 9. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and its approval by the City Council and shall cause the same to be listed in the records of the City. ADOPTED THIS 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2018. DAVID H. READY, CI AGER ATTEST: C-Mru THO Y . MEJI CLERK Resolution No. 24382 Page 3 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 24382 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 215t day of February, 2018, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Kors, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern Roberts, and Mayor Moon NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None RECUSED: Councilmember Holstege IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this day of 2; ?, r l-ANTH ONY EJIA, iWtLERK Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 4 ORDINANCE NO. AN INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS In accord with applicable California law and Section 803 of the Charter of the City of Palm Springs, the People of the City of Palm Springs hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Business Regulations Code Amendment. Sections 5.25.020, 5.25.030 and 5.25.075 of Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code are hereby amended to read in their entirety as set forth below with changes shown in StFikeeu and underline: A. Section 5.26.020 of Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "5.25.020 Findings. The City Council finds and determines as follows: (a) The primary use of single-family and multi-family dwelling units in the City of Palm Springs is the provision of permanent housing for full time and part time residents of the City who live and/or work in the City. Vacation Rentals and Homesharing are not uses specifically recognized in the City's Zoning Ordinance, nor are these uses expressly identified as uses permitted in single-family or multifamily zones. Vacation Rental and Homesharing are similar in character and use as hotels and other commercial short term uses and can only be permitted in Single Faa}+Iyef multi-family zones if such uses are ancillary and secondary to the multi-family residential use of property. This Ordinance confirms Vacation Rentals and Homesharing as ancillary and secondary uses of for privately owned individual multi-family dwelling units, including without limitation Condominiums, and prohibits them for R-1 zoned Single Family and rental Apartment residential property in the City. (b) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a regulatory program for short term Vacation Rental and Homesharing lodging, with appropriate standards that regulate vacation rental of residential property, minimize adverse effects of Vacation Rental uses on surrounding residential neighborhoods, ensure that Vacation Rentals and Homesharing are ancillary and secondary uses of privately owned multi-family residential dwelling units, including without limitation Condominium units, consistent with the provisions of the City's Zoning Ordinance, preserve the character of neighborhoods in which Vacation Rental and Homesharing uses occur, and provide an administrative procedure to preserve existing visitor serving opportunities and increase and enhance public access to areas of the City and other visitor destinations. Page 4 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 5 (c) Limiting Vacation Rental and Homesharing lodging to Single ilT privately owned multi-family dwelling units, including without limitation Condominium units subject to the regulations provided in this Chapter and prohibiting Vacation Rental in rental Apartments and but allowing Homesharing lodging in R-1 Single Family residences will safeguard, preserve, and protect residential housing stock in the City. (d) The adoption of a comprehensive code to regulate issuance of, and attach conditions to, Registration Certificates for Vacation Rental and Home Sharing lodging in privately owned multi-family residential dwelling units and to Registration Certificates for Homesharing lodging within Single Family residential neighborhoods and for rental Apartments and the related use of residential property preserves the public health, safety, and welfare. This Chapter provides a permitting process and imposes operational requirements consistent with the ancillary and secondary status of Vacation Rentals and Homesharing, for the purpose of minimizing the potential adverse impacts of transient uses in RR=1 Single Family residential neighborhoods. (e) This Chapter is not intended to regulate hotels, motels, inns, time-share units, or non-vacation type rental arrangements including, but not limited to lodging houses, rooming houses, convalescent homes, rest homes, halfway homes, or rehabilitation homes." B. Section 5.25.030 of Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "5.25.030 Definitions. For purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this Section: "Apartment" means (a) a residential unit subject to rent or lease by the owner of in a multi-family development structure of two (2) dwelling units where both dwelling units are rented or leased for occupancy as a residence for individual families, and (b) a residential unit subject to rent or lease by the owner of in-a multi-family development structure of three (3) or more dwelling units. A privately owned individual dwelling unit in a Condominium project or other multi-family development shall not constitute an "Apartment." "Applicant" means the Owner. "Bedroom" means an area of a Vacation Rental normally occupied and being heated or cooled by any equipment for human habitation, which is 120 square feet and greater in size, consists of four walls to the ceiling, at least one of which is located along an exterior wall with a window, and contains a built-in closet. Page 5 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 6 "Business Entity" means a corporation, partnership, or other legal entity that is not a natural person or a personal or family trust or a limited liability company consisting solely of natural persons. "Change of Property Ownership" means the transfer of title from one person to another. "Cluster or Compound" means any two or more Vacation Rentals that operate on a unified or shared basis where residents of such Vacation Rentals have exclusive access to more than one Vacation Rental and/or the facilities of such Vacation Rentals, including by way of example, a swimming pool, tennis court, or cooking facilities. "Condominium unit" means an individual dwelling unit in a multi-family structure that is individually owned, where each owner receives a recordable deed to each individual unit purchased, including the right to sell or mortgage each unit and sharing in joint ownership of any common grounds and passageways. "Contract" means an agreement or evidence of any tenancy that allows or provides for the Vacation Rental of property. "Daytime occupancy" means the hours between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm. "Daytime occupants" mean the guests who may occupy a Vacation Rental during a daytime occupancy. "Enforcement Official" means the City Manager, the Police Chief, the Fire Marshall, the Building Official, or one or more of their respective designees. "Exclusive listing arrangement" means a written agreement between an Owner and an agent or representative where the agent or representative has the sole and exclusive right to rent or lease a Vacation Rental unit to any person and the Owner is prohibited from renting or leasing the Vacation Rental unit except through the Owner's agent or representative. "Estate Home" means a Single Family dwelling with five or more bedrooms located on property zoned R ' Q, R ' A, o ' ^H, a G-R-5." "Good cause" for the purposes of denial, suspension, revocation, imposition of conditions, renewal, and reinstatement of a Vacation Rental Registration Certificate, means (1) the Applicant, Owner, the Owner's Agent, or the Local Contact Person has failed to comply with any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of this Chapter or any relevant provision of this Code, State law, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder; (2) the Applicant, Owner, Owner's Agent, or Local Contact Person has failed to comply with any special conditions that were placed upon the Vacation Rental Registration Certificate by the Enforcement Official; or(3) the Vacation Rental Page 6 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 7 has been operated in a manner that adversely affects the public health or welfare or the safety of the immediate neighborhood in which the Vacation Rental is located. "Good Neighbor Brochure" means a document prepared by the Enforcement Official that summarizes general rules of conduct, consideration, and respect, including without limitation provisions of the Palm Springs Municipal Code applicable to or expected of guests to the City. "Homeshare Interest" means a portion of an Owner's home that is subject to homesharing as provided in this Chapter. "Homesharing" means an activity whereby the Owner hosts visitors in the Owner's home, for compensation, for periods of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days or less, while the Owner lives on-site and in the home, throughout the visitor's stay. "Hotline" means the telephonic service operated by or for the City for the purpose of receiving complaints regarding the operation of any Vacation Rental and the forwarding of such complaints to the appropriate city enforcement officials or, if applicable, the Local Contact Person. For the purposes of this Chapter, the term "Hotline" also includes any contact in person or by telephone, email, and digital or electronic communication, or correspondence of any kind to and/or from any Enforcement Official. "Local contact person" means the Owner, a local property manager, or agent of the Owner, who is available twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week for the purpose of responding in-person within thirty (30) minutes to complaints regarding the condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the Vacation Rental, or any agent of the Owner authorized by the Owner to take remedial action and who responds to any violation of this code. "Owner" means the natural person or persons who is/are the owner of record of the Property. The term "Owner" also includes a personal or family trust consisting solely of natural persons and the trustees of such trust or a limited liability company and the members of such company, insofar as the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5.25.085 are satisfied. The term "Owner" does not include a Business Entity. "Property" means a privately owned multi-family residential legal lot of record, including without limitation Condominiums, on which a Vacation Rental is located. "Rental Term" means the period of time a Responsible Person rents or leases a Vacation Rental. "Responsible Person" means an occupant of a Vacation Rental who is at least twenty-five (25) years of age and who shall be legally responsible for compliance of all occupants of the unit and/or their guests with all provisions of this Chapter and/or this code. Page 7 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 8 "Single Family Residence" means a Single Family dwellinq unit located on propertX zoned R-1-B. R1-A, R-1-13, R-1-C, R-1-D or R-1-AH or any other R-1 classification." "Third Quarter" means the entire months of July, August, and September in one calendar year. "Vacation Rental" means an Single Family individually rented unit in a multi-family structure, including without limitation Condominium units, or any portion thereof, utilized for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes without the Owner being present for a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days or less, other than ongoing month-to-month tenancy granted to the same renter for the same unit, occupancy of a time-share basis, or a Condominium hotel as defined in Section 91 .00.10 of this Code. The term "Vacation Rental' is synonymous with "short term rental' and "transient use" and does not include homesharing. "Vacation Rental Registration Certificate" or 'Registration Certificate" means the annual permit and/or a registration for a Vacation Rental or a Homeshare Interest issued by the City pursuant to this Chapter." C. Section 5.25.075 pf Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "5.25.075 Specific Prohibitions. (a) No person or entity shall offer or provide a Single Family Residence or an-a rental Apartment, or any portion thereof, for rent for 28 consecutive days or less to any person. (b) No person or entity shall maintain any advertisement of a Vacation Rental that is in violation of any provision of this Chapter. (c) No person, including without limitation, the owner of a Single Family Residence or the owner of a rental Apartment structure, an a rental Apartment manager, or a representative of the rental Apartment owner or manager, shall evict any tenant or otherwise terminate a lease for the purpose of converting an a rental Apartment to a Vacation Rental or in anticipation of converting an a rental Apartment to a Vacation Rental. In addition to any other remedy provided under the Palm Springs Municipal Code, failure to comply with this provision may be asserted as an affirmative defense in an action brought by or on behalf of the owner of a Single Family Residence or an owner of an-a rental Apartment structure, rental Apartment manager, or representative to recover possession of the unit. Any attempt to recover possession of a unit in violation of this Ordinance shall render the rental Apartment structure owner, rental Apartment manager, or representative liable to the tenant for actual or punitive damages, including damages for emotional distress, in a civil action for wrongful eviction. The tenant may seek injunctive relief and money damages for wrongful eviction and the Page 8 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 9 prevailing party in an action for wrongful eviction shall recover costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. (d) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to or be enforced against any person or entity who rents an a rental Apartment or portion thereof pursuant to a valid Wacation Registration Certificate issued prior to April 15, 2016 for the period of time between April 15, 2016 through January 1, 2019. The purpose of this deferral of the enforcement of the provisions of this Section is for persons or entities issued valid vacation registration certificates prior to April 15, 2016 to be afforded a reasonable opportunity to recoup costs reasonably invested for Vacation Rental use of rental Apartments and which may not have been recouped during the period of Vacation Rental use of the rental Apartment and which cannot be recouped once the Vacation Rental use is terminated. (e) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, Subsection 5.25.040(b) [limits on number of units], and Subsection 5.25.070(b) [limits on number of Contracts] shall also not apply to any building in which an Apartment is located that meets all requirements of an R-1 occupancy under the City's building and fire code and for which such Apartment has a valid Vacation Rental Registration Certificate issued prior to April 15, 2016. (f) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to or be enforced against any person or entity who rents a Single Family Residence or portion thereof pursuant to a valid Vacation Registration Certificate issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance for a period of twenty-four months. The purpose of this deferral of the enforcement of the provisions of this Section is for persons or entities issued valid vacation registration certificates prior to the effective date of this ordinance to be afforded a reasonable opportunity to recoup costs reasonably invested for Vacation Rental use of Single Family residences and which may not have been recouped during the period of Vacation Rental use of the Single Family residence and which cannot be recouped once the Vacation Rental use is terminated. (g) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, Subsection 5.25.040(b) [limits on number of units], shall also not apply for a period of twenty-four months after the effective date of this ordinance to any Single Family Residence that meets all requirements of an R-1 occupancy under the City's building and fire code and for which such Single Family Residence has a valid Vacation Rental Registration Certificate issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Page 9 Resolution No. 24382 Exhibit A Page 10 SECTION 2. Severability A. In interpreting this initiative measure or resolving any ambiguity thereof, the City Council and all other City entities charged with implementing or enforcing this initiative measure or any part of it, as well as any reviewing court, shall interpret this initiative measure in the manner which most vigorously and effectively accomplishes its purposes and operative provisions. B. If any portion of this initiative measure is hereafter determined to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, all remaining portions of this initiative measure shall remain in full force and effect. Each section, subsection, sentence, phrase, part or portion of this initiative measure would have been adopted and passed irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 3. Implementation A. On the effective date of this initiative measure as provided by California law (the "Effective Date"), all provisions this initiative measure are inserted into and become part of the City of Palm Springs Code. B. No provision of the City of Palm Springs Code that is inconsistent with this initiative measure shall be enforced after the Effective Date. C. Adoption of this initiative measure is essential to the preservation of the quality of life, property values and the health, safety and general welfare interests of residents and property owners within the City. Section 4. Amendment and Repeal This initiative measure and all of its provisions may be amended or repealed only by a majority vote of the electorate. Page 10