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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/13/2016 - STAFF REPORTS - 1.D. VALM SA A. 4�y V N R C441FOaN�p CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT DATE: JULY 13, 2016 SUBJECT: PROPOSED URGENCY ORDINANCE EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1891 PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO DECEMBER 31, 2016. FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager BY: City Clerk and City Attorney SUMMARY The City Council will consider adopting an urgency ordinance to extend Ordinance No. 1891, to December 31, 2016, prohibiting the rental of apartments as vacation rentals. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. "AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1891 PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO DECEMBER 31, 2016." STAFF ANALYSIS: The City currently allows and has adopted extensive regulations for vacation rental properties. On April 20, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1891, prohibiting the rental of apartments as vacation rentals. Ordinance No. 1891 expires on July 31, 2016. The proposed ordinance extends the prohibition for apartments to December 31, 2106. The proposed extension continues to allow an apartment, or an apartment unit, as a vacation rental, for any unit had a valid vacation rental certificate issued prior the adoption of the Urgency Ordinance. The proposed extension would go into effect immediately and requires a 4/5 vote of the City Council for adoption. ITEM NO. City Council Staff Report July 13, 2016-- Page 2 Vacation Rental Regulations ONE-PS has recommended the City Council prohibit apartments or apartment units from being used for vacation rentals, the extension of time is necessary for the City Council Subcommittee and City Staff to perform a comprehensive review of all vacation rental regulations and other recommendations submitted by ONE-PS and other organizations. The proposed extension of Ordinance No. 1891, does not prohibit the rental of apartments for short-term rentals for less than 28 consecutive days. FISCAL IMPACT: Loss of Vacation Rental fees and Transient Occupancy Tax that could be generated by the conversion and rental of apartments to vacation rental units for less than 28-days. Xg�KMES THOMPSON DAVID H. READY Chief of Staff/ ity Clerk City Manager DOUGLAS . HOLLAND City Attorney Attachments: Extension Urgency Ordinance Ordinance No. 1891 02 ORDINANCE NO. AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1891 PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO DECEMBER 31, 2017. City Attorney Summary This Urgency Ordinance extends Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 to December 31, 2016, which prohibits the conversion of apartments (as defined) to vacation rentals in the City, excepting apartments covered by vacation rental certificates issued prior to April 15, 2016. This Ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by 4/5ths vote. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs finds: A. On April 20, 2016 the City Council, by unanimous vote, adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1891, amending Palm Springs Municipal Code Sections 5.25.020 and 5.25.030 and added Section 5.25.075, prohibiting the rental of apartments as vacation rentals. B. Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 expires on July 31, 2016, unless otherwise extended by the City Council. C. The City Council reaffirms its previous findings and purposes in enacting and implementing Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 prohibiting the rental of apartments, or any portion thereof, for rental for 28 consecutive days or less. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, ordains: SECTION 1. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1891 is amended to read. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately and shall expire on December 31, 2016. SECTION 2. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 13" DAY OF JULY, 2016. 03 Ordinance No. Page 2 ROBERT MOON, MAYOR ATTEST: JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 13`" day of July, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California 04 ORDINANCE NO. 1891 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5.25.020 AND 5.25.030 OF, AND ADDING SECTION 5.25.075 TO, THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS. City Attorney Summary This Urgency Ordinance amends the City's Vacation Rental ordinance to Prohibit the conversion of apartments (as defined) to vacation rentals in the City, excepting apartments covered by vacation rental certificates issued prior to April 15, 2016. This Ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by 4/5ths vote. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs finds: A. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs has adopted a Land Use Element and a Housing Element of its General Plan. The Land Use Element sets forth policies and goals toward the protection of land use planning that is protective of the social impacts of land uses and the Housing Element sets forth the City's policies and goals towards providing a supply and range of housing opportunities throughout the City. B. The City Council has expressed concern regarding the potentially adverse impacts that the conversion of rental apartment units to vacation rental uses may have on the City's rental housing stock and resident socio-economic population mix. C. There is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare because conversions of apartment units to vacation rentals could displace apartment residents and drive these residents out of Palm Springs, eroding the City's resident socio-economic population mix but also adversely impact City business that rely on residents In that mix as a valuable employee pool. D. The City Council specifically finds there is a reasonable relationship between the conversion of apartment units to vacation rentals and the diminution in the supply of housing affordable to low income families by eliminating units formerly affordable to low income families will create undue hardships for low income residents displaced by the conversion to vacation rentals and will otherwise adversely affect the availability and cost of housing affordable to low income families throughout the City. E. The purpose of this ordinance is to (1) ensure a reasonable balance in the availability of rental and ownership housing in the City and to maintain opportunities for individual choice in the tenure, type, cost, and location of housing; (2) maintain an adequate supply of housing affordable to low income residents; and (3) avoid displacement of and undue hardship to residents of the City who may be required to 05 Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 Page 2 move from the community due to a shortage of low income housing caused in part by conversions of apartment units to vacation rentals. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, ordains: SECTION 1. Section 5.25.020 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read: 6.26.020 Findings. The City Council finds and determines as follows: (a) The use of single-family dwelling units for Vacation Rental lodging purposes provides alternate visitor serving lodging opportunities in the City; however, such uses in certain single-family neighborhoods may have effects that can best be addressed through an appropriate city regulatory program. (b) The establishment of a regulatory program for Vacation Rental lodging will 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. (c) Limiting Vacation Rental lodging to single-family dwelling units and prohibiting Vacation Rental lodging in multi-family or apartments will preserve and protect residential housing stock in the City. (d) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish regulations for Vacation Rental lodging within single-family residential neighborhoods and the related use of residential property thereby enabling the City to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare. (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. SECTION 2. Section 5.25.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to add the following definitions and amend the definition of"Vacation Rental:" "Apartment" means a residential unit in a multi-family development of two (2) or more dwelling units where each unit is rented or leased for occupancy as a residence for one individual or family. 06 Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 Page 3 "Single-family dwelling" means a detached building designed primarily for the use of a single family and no portion which is to be rented out separately. "Vacation Rental" means a single-family dwelling, or any portion thereof, rented for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for a period of twenty-eight 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 Ordinance No. 1521 as such ordinance may be amended from time to time. SECTION 3. Section 5.25.075 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read: 5.25.075 Specific Prohibitions. (a) No person or entity shall offer or provide an 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 rental that is in violation of any provision of Chapter 5.25 of this Code. (c) No person, including without limitation, an apartment owner, an apartment manager, or a representative of the apartment owner or manager, shall evict any tenant or otherwise terminate a lease for the purpose of converting an apartment to a vacation rental or in anticipation of converting an 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 apartment owner, 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 apartment owner, 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 prevailing party in an action for wrongful eviction shall recover costs and reasonable attomeys'fees. SECTION 4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any person or entity who rents an apartment or portion thereof pursuant to a valid vacation rental certificate issued prior to April 15, 2016. SECTION 5. In the event any term or provision of this Ordinance is to any extent invalid or incapable of being enforced, such term or provision shall be excluded to the extent such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability and all other terms and provisions shall remain in full force and effect. 07 Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 Page 4 SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately and shall expire on July 31, 2016. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 2& DAY OF APRIL, 2016. ATTEST: ROBERT MOON, MAYOR MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 201^ day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Kors, Councilmember Roberts, Mayor Pro Tem Mills, and Mayor Moon. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. ES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California a►-/z�J��, io OR ORDINANCE NO. AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5.25.020 AND 5.25.030 OF, AND ADDING SECTION 5.25.075 TO, THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS, PROHIBITING TERMINATION OF LEASES OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING PROPERTY TO A VACATION RENTAL, AND TERMINATING ORDINANCE NO. 1891. (4/5ths VOTE REQUIRED.) City Attorney Summary This Urgency Ordinance amends the City's Vacation Rental ordinance to prohibit the conversion of apartments (as defined) to vacation rentals in the City, excepting apartments covered by vacation rental certificates issued prior to April 15, 2016, and prohibits the termination of leases and eviction of tenants for the purpose of converting apartments and single- family residential units to vacation rentals. This Ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by 4/5ths vote of the City Council. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs finds: A. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs has adopted a Land Use Element and a Housing Element of its General Plan. The Land Use Element sets forth policies and goals toward the protection of land use planning that is protective of the social impacts of land uses and the Housing Element sets forth the City's policies and goals towards providing a supply and range of housing opportunities throughout the City. B. The City Council has expressed concern regarding the potentially adverse impacts that the conversion of rental apartment units to vacation rental uses may have on the City's rental housing stock and resident socio-economic population mix. C. There is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare because conversions of apartment units to vacation rentals could displace apartment residents and drive these residents out of Palm Springs, eroding the City's resident socio-economic population mix but also adversely impact City business that rely on residents in that mix as a valuable employee pool. D. The City Council specifically finds there is a reasonable relationship between the conversion of apartment units to vacation rentals and the diminution in the supply of housing affordable to low income families by eliminating units formerly affordable to low income families will create undue hardships for low income residents displaced by the conversion to vacation rentals and will otherwise adversely affect the availability and cost of housing affordable to low income families throughout the City. o'7/1 5/Z c,t ?TE" r .'b, i L1 LT �I�{ATT✓EO�,�, ', Urgency Ordinance No. Page 2 E. The purpose of this Ordinance is to (1) ensure a reasonable balance in the availability of rental and ownership housing in the City and to maintain opportunities for individual choice in the tenure, type, cost, and location of housing; (2) maintain an adequate supply of housing affordable to low income residents; and (3) avoid displacement of and undue hardship to residents of the City who may be required to move from the community due to a shortage of low income housing caused in part by conversions of apartment units to vacation rentals. F. This Ordinance is intended to extend the interim provisions of Ordinance 1891 regarding conversion of apartment units to vacation units and to extend the general tenant protection provisions provided in Ordinance 1891 to single family dwellings to deter termination of tenancies and leases for the purpose of converting such dwellings to vacation rentals. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, ordains: SECTION 1. Section 5.25.020 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read: 5.25.020 Findings. The City Council finds and determines as follows: (a) The use of single-family dwelling units for Vacation Rental lodging purposes provides alternate visitor serving lodging opportunities in the City; however, such uses in certain single-family neighborhoods may have effects that can best be addressed through an appropriate city regulatory program. (b) The establishment of a regulatory program for Vacation Rental lodging will 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. (c) Limiting Vacation Rental lodging to single-family dwelling units and prohibiting Vacation Rental lodging in multi-family or apartments will preserve and protect residential housing stock in the City. (d) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish regulations for Vacation Rental lodging within single-family residential neighborhoods and the related use of residential property thereby enabling the City to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare. (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. Urgency Ordinance No. Page 3 SECTION 2. Section 5.25.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to add the following definitions and amend the definition of "Vacation Rental:" "Apartment" means a residential unit in a multi-family development of two (2) or more dwelling units where each unit is rented or leased for occupancy as a residence for one individual or family. "Single-family dwelling" means a detached building designed primarily for the use of a single family and no portion which is to be rented out separately. "Vacation Rental" means a single-family dwelling, or any portion thereof, rented for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for a period of twenty-eight 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 Ordinance No. 1521 as such ordinance may be amended from time to time. SECTION 3. Section 5.25.075 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read: 5.25.075 Specific Prohibitions. (a) No person or entity shall offer or provide an 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 rental that is in violation of any provision of Chapter 5.25 of this Code. (c) No person, including without limitation, an apartment owner, an apartment manager, or a representative of the apartment owner or manager, shall evict any tenant or otherwise terminate a lease for the purpose of converting an apartment to a vacation rental or in anticipation of converting an 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 apartment owner, 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 apartment owner, 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 prevailing party in an action for wrongful eviction shall recover costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. (d) No person, including without limitation, a property owner, a property manager, or a representative of a property owner or manager, shall evict any tenant or otherwise terminate a lease of single-family dwelling for thee purpose of converting a single-family dwelling to a vacation rental or in anticipation of converting a single-family dwelling 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 Urgency Ordinance No. Page 4 defense in an action brought by or on behalf of the property owner, property manager, or representative to recover possession of the dwelling. Any attempt to recover possession of a dwelling in violation of this Ordinance shall render the property owner, property 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 prevailing party in an action for wrongful eviction shall recover costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. SECTION 4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any person or entity who rents an apartment or portion thereof pursuant to a valid vacation rental certificate issued prior to April 15, 2016. SECTION 5. In the event any term or provision of this Ordinance is to any extent invalid or incapable of being enforced, such term or provision shall be excluded to the extent such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability and all other terms and provisions shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 6. Upon adoption of this Ordinance, Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 is terminated and no longer in effect. SECTION 7. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately and shall expire on December 31, 2017. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 13th DAY OF JULY, 2016. ROBERT MOON, MAYOR ATTEST: JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK Urgency Ordinance No. Page 5 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 13th day of JULY, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California Jay Thompson From: Marla Malaspina <marla699@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday,July 11, 2016 3:26 PM To: Robert Moon; Geoff Kars;JR Roberts; Chris Mills; Ginny Foat Cc: Jay Thompson; Mike Ziskind Subject: PON Please protect affordable housing Dear Mayor and Council Members: Protect our Neighborhoods urges you to extend the moratorium on vacation rental permits issued to apartment building operators and to also include single-family homeowners and operators in the proposed vacation rental moratorium. Excluding renters of single-family homes from the same protections offered apartment renters we believe is discriminatory and unfair. PON has heard from renters of single-family homes who are fearful that they, too, will be forced to move when their leases run out. And, given the proliferation of single-family home short-term vacation rentals (STRs), they will likely have no place to go and be forced to leave the City. When investors can double or triple their income renting short term vs year long, it is obvious that they are taking away affordable housing options. Looking at one of the more affordable neighborhoods in Palm Springs, Racquet Club Estates, where just six homes are currently listed for sale on allow. Four of the six are being marketed to investors touting great income potential like 1125 East Louise: "Attention Investors: Vacation Rental Income." And 813 East Janet Circle: "Projected $40,000-60.000 income as a Vacation Rental." Today there are 187 three-plus bedroom homes listed on Airbnb as STRs in Racquet Club Estates. That represents 35% of all the homes there. According to Homes.com, citywide there are only 15 three-plus bedroom houses offering long term leases under$2,000 per month. The unmitigated growth of STRs is depleting long-term single-family rental housing options for Palm Springs families choosing to raise their children here. They deserve the same protections the moratorium would give apartment renters. If not, higher rent will be the result as more and more residential properties are turned into short-term vacation rentals and families looking for affordable housing will be forced to look elsewhere. This was illustrated in a January 2016 Desert Sun front page article headlined "Millennials priced out of Palm Springs rent." How many short-term vacation rentals is enough? At the heart of this question is really what kind of city do we want to become —and in particular, what is the real impact of exponential short-term vacation rental growth on our community and neighborhoods. What is the impact on our already overburdened police and fire departments? Is the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals causing declining enrollment in our public schools? What is the impact on large and small hotels? These issues, along with many others, need to be studied independently before every apartment and single family home in Palm Springs is turned into a short-term vacation rental. That's why a temporary moratorium on apartment vacation rental permits— and single-family vacation rental permits -- must be enacted. It is the prudent and responsible action for the council to take. And we urge you to do so Wednesday night. Respectively, Marla Malaspina, Co-Chair Protect Our Neighborhoods (415) 747-0667 cc: Mike Ziskind, Co-Chair, Protect Our Neighborhoods Jay Thompson From: Red <rfindley@san.rr.com> Sent: Sunday,July 10, 2016 3:14 PM To: Robert Moon Cc: Jay Thompson; Chris Mills; Ginny Foat; Geoff Kors;JR Roberts;Jennifer Nelson Subject: Concerning VRs Mayor Moon, This was posted publicly on Nextdoor Neighborhoods by one of your neighbors. I received it in a "notification" e-mail. I wanted to make sure you had an opportunity read it before attending the Council Meeting where this problem will be discussed. I look forward to attending and making my voice heard at that meeting. The 2016 version of blockbusting! Compliments of a money grubbing industry that has never been told NO. The city cannot blame eight years of crappy enforcement and weak ordinances on anyone else, anymore. Time to act has passed. We're becoming a hick town with a reputation for short term profits at expense of neighbors. Investors flock here as they are kicked out of more progressive tourist destinations. Appears intentional to me, as a suffering neighbor. One in six in Visa Las Palmas. And it's increasing each year! While the new council stands by and tacitly encourages this disgusting, greedy practice with sporadic, ineffective part time code enforcement by part time contractors; and while cops are pulled out of service to make up the slack and thus extending response times for real emergencies, our city is losing precious housing stock to a selfish, entitled industry and our neighborhoods are becoming commercial zones before our very eyes. Weekend Warriors pack our quite streets, laden with Costco boxes of food purchased elsewhere, and booze from back home. They swarm here for the supposed ps vibe: which by the way is going bye bye as our neighborhoods are becoming destroyed with party houses. No, they ain't rushing to a restaurant near you. That's just industry misinformation. You're thinking of normal, upscale hotel patrons who stay for more than a weekend and behave like normal, respectful visitors. These weekend floppers eat at home, party loudly, drive drunk, play list music Lat into the night, and then leave their mess for others til the next weekend of new floppers arrives. Check out the trash barrels if you don't believe me. Or the city complaint log, such as it is. I'm not making this up and it makes me sick to have to describe it. This is quickly becoming a hick resort town with no leadership, no solutions, no guts. Nada. Social media will do more to get the message out there then all the glossy 1 07/13/Zo,ar ZTE,1 I .D, industry ads you can create. This industry has run amuck in its zeal to bust up our neighborhoods for eight years. Past elected officials have allowed this thru weak laws and horrible enforcement. Doesn't need to be that way. Check out what Santa Barbara, Laguna, Ojai, Miami, Austin, Berlin Germany, and Maui did. This ain't brain surgery. Values did not decrease In those delightful destinations, nor did tourism, and the financial sky did not fall last I checked. And they don't need drunks on group bicycles to make up for the renters who drink at their weekend rentals. It just takes five elected officials who have the correct strategic vision and the tenacity to fix the damn problem before we lose our neighborhoods altogether. Or, continue to do nothing and our neighborhoods will spiral down to become the new blighted neighborhoods of a west coast Calcutta, to match what's already becoming of our downtown neighborhoods. How embarrassing. How inept. How undesirable will be for families seeking to move here or play here in a real hotel, not a pretend house posing as a hotel to skirt the commercial regulations. Shoulda pulled everything from that council meeting except this burning issue, debated it, and then voted. Unisex bathrooms could've waited, yes? It's called leadership, and I'm not seeing too much of it lately. They didn't mind pulling myriad other ridiculous items before the meeting started. And for that supposed loss in TOT dollars that the industry keeps whining about: more misinformation. Fill the vacant rooms in our real hotels and the TOT stays here, and at a higher percentage rate than that paid by renters. After all, our city doesn't worry about giving the two new unbuilt hotels up to $50 million EACH in TOT rebate money for 30 years. That's $100 million we lose in TOT in taxes! A third hotel? Well make it $150 million in fun money TOT giveaways. And we neighbors, and the small iconic hotels, and potential homebuyers get....well you fill in the blank. I'm too angry. So, if the so called Palm Springs Vibe is alive and well, why in the hell do we have to pay out $150 million to get hotels to build here? Or...is that just one more feel- good myth from the industry that is ruining our city, a block at a time? Let's fix this before it's too late. Mike Ziskind, Vista Las Palmas z Cindy Berardi From: Matt Robinson <guyinpalmsprings@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday,July 07, 2016 6:38 PM To: Geoff Kors;JR Roberts; Ginny Foat; Chris Mills; Robert Moon; CityClerk Subject: Planning agenda multiple unit conversion Attachments: showdocument I have been concerned that the vacation rental multiunit building moritorium limits former hotels operating as semi-darlect apartments from returning to transient rentals as originally approved. Today as I review a hotel conversation from one use to another should also be considered carefully. While I fully support the operation of sober living operations, many in our city feel they are worse neighbors than vacation rentals. Many in the community fear addicts in recovery over semi-darlect apartments housing using addicts. One conversation on Palm Canyon Drive (Las Palmas hotel) received one curent council members vote only after receiving confirmation that no sign would signal the building use. Until a accident earlier this year, a tall Sprinter van was parked on the street outside with huge letters (sign) SOBER NOW on it. Sign content is no longer able to be restricted. Please consider yet another Urgency Ordinance for any/all change of use for any multiple unit building instead of the second reading of the one only covering transient rentals. Thank you Matt Robinson t Cindy Berardi From: Jennifer Nelson Sent: Monday,July 11, 2016 10:25 AM To: Kathie Hart; Cindy Berardi Cc: Jay Thompson Subject: FW: Palm Springs Vacation Rental Ban -Voting Wednesday From: Les Brown [mailto:hles0gibson-brown.com] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 8:51 AM To: Robert Moon Subject: FW: Palm Springs Vacation Rental Ban - Voting Wednesday Dear Mayor Moon: As a follow-up to my email last April re: property management companies who refuse to include a damage deposit with their rentals and therefore effectively attract people who deliberately disrespect city properties, I wanted to forward to you the email the company who once handled our property sent to all their current and former clients. For the record, my husband and I are not opposed to rental properties in our neighborhood, but definitely want to see these big operations better controlled. - Les Les Brown 717 E.Alexander Way Sent: Monday,July 4, 2016 3:14 PM To: hles@¢ibson-brown.com Subject: Palm Springs Vacation Rental Ban-Voting Wednesday View this email in Vour browser 4c © t 1 A 1 vc01 VO1UUU iivnicwvncl i.ucnL, This City of Palm Springs has placed a last minute "urgency ordinance" on the agenda for this Wednesday's City Council meeting calling for a ban on all new vacation rental permits until March of 2017. This ban is harmful to our real estate market and our local economy and does nothing to improve the lives of Palm Springs residents. Please join us in making sure the City Council and Mayor hear the voice of reason on this issue. The answer to some residents concerns about vacation rentals in Palm Springs is better enforcement of the strong ordinance we have, not more policy the City doesn't have the technology or resources to enforce. In the past 3 days since this agenda items was announced, real estate agents have already lost deals as homebuyers get scared off by possibility the council will pass this ban. Home sales in this City have recovered to where they are today because of vacation rentals. We are a tourist destination. People buy homes here to enjoy the resort lifestyle. We are not Los Angeles, or San Francisco, or New York. Those City's struggles with affordable housing and Airbnb cannot be compared to what's happening in Palm Springs. What's happening here is working really well. The City had the foresight almost a decade ago, to draft a well-crafted ordinance that protected the interests of the residents of Palm Springs and allows the City to benefit from the economic impact. That impact is higher home values than any other City in the Desert. This urgency ordinance is bad for the residents of Palm Springs. It hurts our home values, it hurts the neighborhoods, and it hurts the legitimate operators who have been professionally managing vacation homes in Palm Springs for 2 You'll find a quick fact sheet about the economic impact of vacation rentals in Palm Springs below. How can you help: Send an email to the Mayor and City Council sharing your story and urging them to vote no on the proposed urgency ordinance: o Robert Moon — Robert.moon(a)palmspringsca.gov • Ginny Foat — Ginny.Foat(u�palmspringsca.gov o Chris Mills — Chris.mills(o)palmspringsca.gov • JR Roberts — JR.roberts(cbpahrnspringsca.gov or ir66(amac.com • Geoff Kors — Geoff.kors(c)palmspringsca.gov or GKors(a�NCLRights.orq o If you're in town join us at Wednesday's City Council meeting, 5:30pm on July 6'h, and speak at public comment. Comments can be quick... or don't speak but be there to support those who do o Sign the petition - http://Reetitions.moveon.org/sign/ps-city-council- please?source=s.icn.em.mt&r by=16147402 Vacation Rentals in Palm Springs — Just the facts $100,000,000 - More than $100 million in annual economic benefit 3 spas, and attractions by vacation rental tourists. $26,000,000 - Over$26 million in TOT generated to date by vacation rentals in Palm Springs since the Vacation Rental Ordinance started in 2008. 1,000 - the approximate number of local jobs created as a direct result of vacation rental tourism 96% - the percentage of homes that operate without complaints. That's an A! 65% - surveys show the percentage of vacation rental owners that renovate their homes before renting them - improving curb appeal, increasing home values, and employing local contractors - is 65%. 20 minutes - the average RESOLUTION time to neighbor complaints is less than 20 minutes when neighbors use the hotline Vacation rentals are good for our neighborhoods, they're good for home values, they're good for our economy. oa 4 Jay Thompson From: Charles Zukow <charlesz@charleszukow.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:03 PM To: Robert Moon; Chris Mills; Ginny Foat; Geoff Kors;JR Roberts;Jay Thompson Subject: FW: Please Attend: PS City Council Vote, Wed.July 13, 6:00 pm PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IF YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITS. Wednesday, July 13th, 6:00 pm, Palm Springs City Hall (corner of Tahquitz Way and El Cielo) I ENCOURAGE THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE "NO" ON EXTENDING A MORATORIUM AGAINST APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT CAUSES UNINTENDED BUT SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ITS OWN. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? If the city votes to extend the moratorium, it will continue to contribute to: 1. Economic uncertainty in the real estate marketplace. I 2. Artificially reduced values for multifamily properties. Many owners are caught in this temporary uncertainty, if they were to consider a sale of their 4 or more unit property. These owners, despite their positive contribution to local lodging options, despite renovating dilapidated buildings and despite contributing to the wider local econonic market by investing in other businesses many of us enjoy, are being unduly harmed by this moratorium. They are shouldering the majority of the risk and loss while the city attempts to tackle a comprehensive affordable housing plan. All this, while the city has not adequately explained to the community that the small loss in rental stock is even responsible for the rising rents the city appears concerned with. This urgency ordinance was designed to address affordable housing concerns, which are allegedly due to a perceived threat from vacation rentals. This ordinance temporarily halted conversions of apartment buildings to vacation rentals, with the argument that low cost housing was being negatively impacted/endangered by vacation rental use. The urgency ordinance was designed to be used to address threats to the health and welfare of the city, but three months later, it appears most are in the dark as to whether these concerns are validated. There is plentiful data that supports the belief that affordable housing concerns are not caused solely by vacation rentals. Many larger forces are at play, as to why people want to live in Palm Springs, and why rents and home prices have risen the past several years (the same that occurs when a town or city is "discovered" anywhere across the world). Some of these other forces include: j • The success of Palm Springs as a travel destination The attention brought to our city from events like Modernism Week/Fine Art Festival/White Party • The visibility garnered from nearby music festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach I • Multiple entertainment options (eclectic dining options, tram, casinos, concert venues) Added /0 aAz. a4 1 ��0 ZC2� 7- � - • Amazing natural resources (hiking, biking, etc) • An improving economy and a local unemployment rate close to 5% These factors and many more have contributed to the rising demand in Palm Springs, as well as the recovery that has allowed rents to rise and home prices to nearly meet their pre-recession levels here. Focusing affordable rent concerns through a continued ban penalizes multifamily property owners who might otherwise renovate their properties, or sell to those that may do so. Most apartment buildings aren't even viable candidates for vacation rental use due to limitations with parking, architecture, location, pool access, and many other factors. Sharing this and many other important facts from professionals in the marketplace should be a viable part of the conversation that appears to be lacking at this point. The city will continue to investigate balanced much-needed options to address vacation rental concerns in the city, and multifamily properties will continue to be a part of that discussion. Let's not penalize those that wish to improve our housing stock, or rehabilitate our aging mid century properties. Significant affordable housing concerns should be examined, but within the parameters of a larger scale investigation that shouldn't involve j harming a different set of our citizens or property owners in the meantime. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Charles Zukow Charles Zukow Associates 605 Market St., Ste. 500 • San Francisco, CA 94105 p) 415.296.0677 • 0 415.296.0663 • m) 415.309.2009 charlesz@)charieszukow.com website •facebook •twitter This message was sent to Charles Zukow by Brian Wilson through MoveOn's public petition website. MoveOn Civic Action does not endorse the contents of this message.To unsubscribe or report this email as inappropriate,click here: http://petitions.moveon.ore/unsub.html?i-34906-3035890-y V 6DPR Want to make a donation?MoveOn is entirely funded by our 8 million members—no corporate contributions,no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way.Chip in here. 2 Jay Thompson From: Red <rfindley@san.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:27 PM To: Robert Moon Cc: Jay Thompson; Chris Mills; Geoff Kors; Ginny Foat;JR Roberts;Jennifer Nelson Subject: Vacation Rentals FYI A posting from Nextdoor (the highlighting is mine). I co-exist very peacefully with a VR on one side of my fence and as for the VR on another side.....well, I've had to do some "training" and the owners eventually got the message (disclosure: I am both full-time resident AND a co-owner of a VR) How can VR owners make money while not driving the neighbors crazy? It's not necessarily always easy but it's pretty straight-forward. Unfortunately, some owners have not done their due diligence, don't have the proper skill-sets to be owners, or are just plain clueless or don't care: 1. Owners need to properly vet potential guests. This may mean sometimes turning away business but that's the flipside of being a responsible owner of a VR. 2. Owners need to set FIRM expectations, via their website listings, their House Rules, in their house document, and - if guests are greeted in person - to set them verbally upon check-in. 3. Owners need to occasionally monitor their properties (you can bet that on big event weekends I drive by my VR just to give a listen from the street). Obviously hard to do if owners are non-residents. But I do know out-of-state owners who know someone locally that does this. 4. If owners are utilizing a local vacation rental company they must ensure that all of the above are adhered to. I hate that some rental companies rely on lock boxes for check-in and NO ONE in a responsible position ever interacts with the guests face-to-face. 5. We need more stringent oversight and enforcement from the city, which in turn needs more resources to be effective in this. The bad eggs need to be held accountable EVERY time. Obviously all of the above requires people to act as responsibly. I work hard to ensure that as an owner I am also always doing my utmost to be a good neighbor and to insist my renters are good neighbors while they are here. But the bottom line: it is the actions of the irresponsible few who are ruining it for the responsible many. We need to hold them to account. Travis Ginnett, Tahquitz River Estates Sent by: Robert Findley, Parkview Mobile Estates t Jay Thompson From: Amy Blaisdell Sent: Wednesday,July 13, 2016 11:54 AM To: Robert Moon; Geoff Kors; 'Ginny';jr66@mac.com; 'Chris Mills' Cc: David Ready;Jay Thompson; Cindy Cairns Subject: FW: Statement from Vacation Rental Tourism Association FYI View this email in your browser 21 NIA I TOURISM zz The Vacation Rental Tourism Association urges the Palm Springs City Council to Vote NO on an additional moratorium on Vacation Rental Permits for multi-family units. This current ban, though temporary, has already created economic turmoil for homeowners, real estate professionals and the entire community. During the past three months of the "moratorium" no action has been taken by Council Members to meet and discuss any changes with the Vacation Rental Subcommittee and other stakeholders. By definition a moratorium is a temporary prohibition and the expiration of July 316` should not be extended due to a lack of action by the City Council during the moratorium. To enact an urgency ordinance, the city is required to have a legitimate and fact-based purpose that addresses a real and pending health and safety issue. 1 There is no definitive threat to public health or safety under our current well- crafted ordinance. We urge the council to construct responsible policies by bringing everyone together to work towards the best possible outcome for the citizens based on facts not fear. Two different petitions have been circulated on this topic: one against vacation rentals, which received a few hundred signatures over the course of several months; the other, in support of maintaining and enforcing of our current ordinance, gathered 3000+ signatures in a mere 48 hours. It is clear where the community stands on this issue. We share the same goal as the neighborhood groups and want well managed and compliant vacation rentals adding to the local economy, while maintaining the quality of life for residents. We remain committed to working with the City Council and our neighborhood groups to address the small number of outstanding issues related to vacation rentals. Most recent petition results click here. For more information and to show your support for the vacation rental industry visit: www.ps_vrta,r_rn Copyright©2016 Vacation Rental Tourism Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: Vacation Rental Tourism Association 2500 N. Palm Canyon Dr. B5 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update Your preferences or unsubscribe from this list 2 Jay Thompson From: Cindy Cairns Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:46 PM To: Jay Thompson Subject: FW: Moratorium Vote Cindy Cairns I Executive Services Administrator 4 City of Palm Springs I Office of the City Manager 32oo E.Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs,CA 92262 Office:760.322.83621 Fax:760.323.82071 Email: Sindy.CairnsQpalmsprin sca.gov /fPRf�P Palm Springs City Hall is open 8 am -6 pm Monday through Thursday,and closed on Fridays From: Michael McLean [mailto:mike@ps4rent.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:33 PM To: Robert Moon; Ginny Foat; Chris Mills; Geoff Kors; JR Roberts Cc: Citymanager- Mail Login; iay.Thompsori ftsca.00v Subject: FW: Moratorium Vote Dear Mayor and City Council, On behalf of the Vacation Rental Tourism Association, we urge you to vote NO on extending the moratorium for vacation rental permits on multi-family dwellings. In the past three months of this moratorium, there has been neither communication nor meetings extended to the vacation rental subcommittee. On April 19, before the original moratorium was passed, the Vacation Rental Tourism Association requested a meeting in order to be heard on the subject, see copy below. Since that time, we have not been granted any discussion on the subject and furthermore an additional moratorium was placed on the City Council Agenda without notice or discussion, and most importantly in direct contradiction by City Staff that no new items would be placed on the agenda in regards to vacation rentals, without discussion and input from the stakeholders. The current moratorium is causing uncertainty in the real estate market, and additionally less attractive to future homeowners. There is a vacation rental ordinance in Palm Springs that is looked upon by other cities to emulate. This ordinance came about by well-reasoned negotiation between all those involved, and an emergency ordinance by City Council here calls into question the procedural due process involved. Please vote NO on extending the moratorium and work with all those involved to negotiate policies based on verified data. Thank You, Michael McLean Chairman of ig/Zo -riE� in. 1 `" t=r a RECEIVED r s �,� CITY OF PALMSPRiNG.� *#Orr t TOURISM 2411 JUL 13 PM 3: 39 jt'mEs THot1P5a'= CITY CLERK Dear Mayor and City Council, With respect to the Emergency Ordinance amending 52050 and 525030,the Vacation Rental Managers of Palm Springs do not support this amendment as drafted. We are requesting a follow up meeting with the subcommittee to review and hear comments with respect to the staff report presented. The City has not reached out to any stakeholder within the vacation rental industry nor met with the subcommittee to review the draft proposal. Furthermore, during our meeting with the vacation rental subcommittee last month, the ONE PS recommendations had recently been published and at that time it was communicated to us that the City would not vote on any change to the ordinance prior to meeting with our industry group. If the City wishes to amend the ordinance we request that they do so in a public process to hear testimony from the property owners and professional stakeholders that would be affected by this change. We appreciate your time and attention to this matter. Regards, Michael McLean President z The Desert Sun 750 N Gene Autry Trail Certificate of Publication Palm Springs, CA 92262 RECEIVED 760-778-4578/Fax 760-778-4731 CITY OF PALM SPRING c State Of California ss: 2116 JUL 27 AM 9* 06 County of Riverside JAMES THOMPSON CITY CLERK Advertiser: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS/LEGALS PO BOX 2743 PALM SPRINGS CA 92263 Order# 0001450179 I am over the age of 18 years old, a citizen of the United States and not a party to, or have interest in this matter. I hereby certify that the attached advertisement appeared in said newspaper(set in type not smaller than non panel) in each and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the followingdates, to No - o w "< ORDINAN[[E N0:.1897 AN SIRGENCY DRDINANCIE Op THE {RY,- OF`PALM r Newspaper:The Desert Sun SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, EMENDING URGENCY ORDI 'NANCE NO.1891 PROHIBI nNG THE RENTAti OF APART , MENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO '-- NOVEMBER 30,2016. 7/22/2016 it CRyAttprney'summary 7/rrs Urgenry Ordinance Extends Urggency Ordinance tip.y to Noveln6er 30, 2016, which prohibits the conversipn of apartments (as deftn%. to Vacetlon, rent.kin Me chy.,excepting ppartments covered byvacabon rentt91 certificates: rsjve415r1orto - r:. Apr11 yS,p016.7h&Ordinance§has into eNeck upon adoptfpn by4/stM iroie I acknowledge that I am a principal clerk of the STATE OF CALIFORNIA- CERTIFICATION - - COUNTY�OFRNERSIDE is. - - printer of The Desert Sun, printed and uTroFPAtM seawes�l. I,JAMES THOMPSON,'City Clerk of the Lrty of Pelm Springy hereby published weekly in the City of Palm Springs, rdinance No.1897 fs a toll,true and correct copyy,and was Introduced andopted at ah adjourned re9dlar meeting of the palrrm Spnngs . County of Riverside, State of California.Thecittyy Coundtontha , 'i3thday of July,20le the oat,Cogtldte - - '� t l Desert Sun was adjudicated a Newspaper of ArEs:: -: coNnalmam r Ffollo Coundlmamber,Kon,Niaypr Pro Tem Mills, - May MQq- general circulation on March 24, 1988 by the NOEs:'�- an or Superior Court of the County of Riverside, -Aesr N: Nonedlmemtier Robertt 1AMESTNOMPSON,CITY CLERK State of California Case No. 191236. ofYalm Sporings(al'dprnla cNNyv RlNhed7f221201� I - I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 22nd day of JULY. 2016 in Palm Springs, California. Declarant CITY OF PALM SPRINGS NOTIFICATION City Council Meeting Date: July 13, 2016 Subject: Ordinance No. 1897 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION I, Kathie Hart, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the attached Ordinance Summary was published in the Desert Sun on July 22, 2016. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. yr6jg Kathie Hart, MMC Chief Deputy City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING I, Kathie Hart, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the attached Ordinance Summary and Ordinance was posted at City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive, on the exterior legal notice posting board and in the Office of the City Clerk on July 21, 2016. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. UL & Kathie Hart, MMC Chief Deputy City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 1897 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1891 PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO NOVEMBER 30, 2016. City Attorney Summary This Urgency Ordinance extends Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 to November 30, 2016, which prohibits the conversion of apartments (as defined) to vacation rentals in the City, excepting apartments covered by vacation rental certificates issued prior to April 15, 2016. This Ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by 4/5ths vote. CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. 1897 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 13th day of July, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Kors, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Moon NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Roberts ABSTAIN: None ZJAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California ORDINANCE NO. 1897 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1891 PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF APARTMENTS AS VACATION RENTALS TO NOVEMBER 30, 2016. City Attorney Summary This Urgency Ordinance extends Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 to November 30, 2016, which prohibits the conversion of apartments (as defined) to vacation rentals in the City, excepting apartments covered by vacation rental certificates issued prior to April 15, 2016. This Ordinance goes into effect upon adoption by 4/5ths vote. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs finds: A. On April 20, 2016 the City Council, by unanimous vote, adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1891, amending Palm Springs Municipal Code Sections 5.25.020 and 5.25.030 and added Section 5.25.075, prohibiting the rental of apartments as vacation rentals. B. Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 expires on July 31, 2016, unless otherwise extended by the City Council. C. The City Council reaffirms its previous findings and purposes in enacting and implementing Urgency Ordinance No. 1891 prohibiting the rental of apartments, or any portion thereof, for rental for 28 consecutive days or less. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, ordains: SECTION 1. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1891 is amended to read. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately and shall expire on November 30, 2016. SECTION 2. Section 5.25.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to add the following definitions and amend the definition of"Vacation Rental:" "Apartment" means a residential unit in a multi-family development of five (5) or more dwelling units where each unit is rented or leased for occupancy as a residence for one individual or family. Ordinance No, 1897 Page 2 SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 13th DAY OF JULY, 2016. ROBERT MOON, MAYOR ATTEST: JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Urgency Ordinance No. 1897 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 13th day of July, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Kors, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Moon NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Roberts ABSTAIN: None JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California