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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DATE: September 3, 2008 Legislative
SUBJECT: PROPOSED ORDINANCE RELATING TO VACATION RENTALS.
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Douglas Holland, City Attorney
SUMMARY
The City Council will consider the introduction of an ordinance that creates a program
that requires the registration of all residential units that are rented for less than 28 days
and imposes several operational requirements and standard conditions on such
activities.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Waive the reading of the ordinance text in its entirety and read by title only.
2. Introduce on first reading Ordinance No. , "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 525 TO THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO VACATION RENTALS."
STAFF ANALYSIS:
A. Introduction
The City Manager and city staff have met with and worked with various "stakeholders",
including representatives from the rental agencies and ONI, as well as other interested
residents, over the last several months in developing an initial draft of an ordinance that
would ensure that all residential properties that are being rented for 28 days, or less, are
properly identified so that all transient occupancy taxes are collected and paid to the city
in accordance with the City's Municipal Code and that activities at each vacation rental
do not adversely impact neighboring properties. In May of this year, the draft ordinance
was presented to the City Council for review and input. A revised draft was presented
to the City Council on July 30, 2008. The City Council has provided us with additional
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input and direction. The attached proposed ordinance reflects contains the various
revisions the City Council requested.
The proposed ordinance creates an approach that reasonably regulates vacation
rentals, ensures that vacation units are appropriately registered with the City, TOT
payments are properly collected and paid, and that each vacation unit is occupied and
used in a manner that is consistent with the City's ordinances and do not adversely
affect neighboring residential property owners.
B. Outline of Proposed Ordinance
The draft ordinance recognizes that each vacation rental unit must be registered with
the City, including the address of each vacation rental. Registration can be submitted
by an Owner or an agent. The ordinance has been prepared with a view to making it
reasonably efficient for an agent with exclusive listing arrangements to register each
vacation rental unit listed with the agent, register each property for TOT purposes, and
submit all applicable business license registrations as well. If an Owner does not use
an exclusive agent, the owner will required to comply with all city registration and
licensing requirements on his or her own. The draft ordinance provides several ongoing
operational rules and regulations. These operation rules include the following.
1. The Owner is required to use "reasonably prudent business practices" to
ensure that the Vacation Rental unit complies with all applicable codes regarding Fire,
Building and Safety, Health and Safety, and all other relevant laws.
2. The Owner is required to limit overnight occupancy of the Vacation Rental
unit to a specific number of occupants. The maximum number of overnight occupants is
set at two persons plus an amount that will not exceed two persons per bedroom within
each Vacation Rental unit. The Owner is also required to limit the daytime occupancy
of the Vacation Rental unit to two (2) persons or an amount not to exceed 150% of the
overnight occupancy. Thus, if a vacation rental has three bedrooms, the total number of
overnight occupants would be 8 (2 plus 2 time 3 bedrooms) and 12 daytime occupants
(8 times 150%). The revised draft of the ordinance includes the following chart that
provides a more detailed example of how this formula would be applied:
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Number of Total of Overnight Additional Daytime Total Daytime
Bedrooms Occupants Occupants Occupants
0 2 2 4
1 4 2 6
2 6 3 9
3 8 4 12
4 10 5 15
5 12 6 18
6 14 7 21
7 16 8 24
3. The Owner, his or her agent, and/or the local contact person designated
by the Owner is required to be available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days
per week for the purpose of responding within 45 minutes to complaints regarding the
condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the Vacation Rental.
4. The Owner is required to use reasonably prudent business practices to
ensure that the occupants and/or guests of the Vacation Rental unit do not create
unreasonable noise or disturbances, engage in disorderly conduct, or violate provisions
of the Municipal Code or any State Law.
5. Any radio receiver, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound
amplifier, or any machine or device for the producing or reproducing of any sound is
required to be conducted within an enclosed Vacation Rental unit.
6. Prior to occupancy pursuant to each separate occasion of rental of a
Vacation Rental, the Owner or the Owner's agent or representative shall obtain the
name, address, and driver's license number of the Responsible Person and shall
require such Responsible Person to execute a formal acknowledgement that he or she
is legally responsible for compliance of all occupants of the Vacation Rental or their
guests with all provisions of this Chapter and/or the Municipal Code. This information
shall be readily available upon request of any officer of the City responsible for the
enforcement of this Chapter.
7. The owner, or his or her agent, shall, upon notification that the occupants
and/or guests of the Vacation Rental Unit have created unreasonable noise or
disturbances, engaged in disorderly conduct, or committed violations of provisions of
the Municipal Code or any State Law, shall promptly respond in a timely and
appropriate manner to prevent a recurrence of such conduct by those occupants or
guests. Failure of the Owner or his or her agent to respond to calls or complaints
regarding the condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the Vacation Rental in a
timely and appropriate manner shall be grounds for imposition of penalties as set forth
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in this Chapter. It is not intended that an Owner, agent, or local contact person act as a
peace officer or place himself or herself in an at-risk situation.
8. Trash and refuse shall not be left stored within public view, except in
proper containers for the purpose of collection by the collectors and between the hours
of five a.m. and eight p.m. on scheduled trash collection days. The Owner of the
Vacation Rental Unit shall use reasonably prudent business practices to ensure
compliance with all the provisions of Chapter 6.04 of the Municipal Code (waste
disposal and diversion) and is specifically charged with providing the highest level of
solid waste collection service available to residential customers in the City which would
specifically include "backyard collection" or "walk-in" service."
9. The Owner of the Vacation Rental Unit shall annually provide written
notice to property owners and occupants of buildings within 300 feet of the unit.
10. The Owner is required to comply with all provisions of Chapter 324 of the
Municipal Code concerning transient occupancy taxes, including, but not limited to,
submission of a monthly return in accordance with Section 3.24.080. The monthly
return shall be filed each month regardless of whether the Vacation Rental Unit was
rented or not during each such month.
11. The City Manager has the express authority to impose additional standard
conditions, applicable to all Vacation Rental units, as necessary to achieve the
objectives of the ordinance.
12. The ordinance also requires the preparation and distribution of a "Good
Neighbor Brochure."
The City will retain the full panoply of enforcement tools available under the City
Municipal Code, including without limitation the ability to prosecute violations as
misdemeanors, issue administrative citations, and initiate civil actions as needed. In
addition, upon the fourth or subsequent violation in any 24 month period, the City
Manager has the authority to suspend or revoke the Vacation Rental Registration
Certificate. The ordinance also includes a provision that the minimum fine for an
administrative citation will be $250.00 for a first offense and $500.00 for each offense
thereafter.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Ordinance contemplates the imposition of a fee and cost recovery program that
should make the implementation of the ordinance cost neutral. Existing city resources
will be sufficient to cover any start up costs which we anticipate will be reimbursed
through the fee and cost recovery components of the ordinance.
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Douglas Holland, City Attorney
David H. Ready, City
Attachment. Draft Vacation Rental Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 525 TO THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO VACATION
RENTALS.
City Attorney Summary
This Ordinance adds Chapter 5.25 to the Palm Springs
Municipal Code to provide regulations applicable to the rental
of single-family or mul ti-family residential units for twenty-eight
consecutive days or less.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.25 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
Chapter 5.25
Vacation Rentals
Sections:
5.25.010 Title
525.020 Findings
5.25.030 Definitions
5.25.040 Registration Certificate Required
5.25.050 Agency
525.060 Vacation Rental Registration Requirements
5,25.070 Operational Requirements and Standard Conditions
5.25.080 Audit
5.25.090 Violations
5.25.100 Requirements Not Exclusive
5.25,010 Title.
This Chapter shall be referred to as the "Vacation Rental Ordinance."
5.25.020 Findings,
The City Council finds and determines as follows.
(a) The use of single and multiple 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.
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(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) The purpose of this Chapter is to establish regulations for such 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.
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:
"Applicant" means the Owner or in the event the Vacation Rental unit is covered by
an Exclusive Listing Arrangement, the agent or representative of the Owner.
"City Manager" means that person acting in the capacity of the City Manager of the
City of Palm Springs, or the City Manager's designee.
"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.
"Good Neighbor Brochure" means a document prepared by the City Manager in
consultation with the Office of Neighborhood Involvement and representatives of Owners
that summarizes general rules of conduct, consideration, and respect including, without
limitation, provisions of the Palm Springs Municipal Code that are applicable to, or
expected, of residents of the City.
"Local Contact Person" means a local property manager, Owner, or agent of the
Owner, who is available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week for the
purpose of responding within forty-five (45) 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 respond to any violation of this Code.
"Owner" means the person(s) or entity(ies) that hold(s) legal and/or equitable title to
a Vacation Rental.
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"Property" means a residential legal lot of record on which a Vacation Rental is
located.
"Responsible Person" means an occupant of a Vacation Rental who is at least
eighteen (18) 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.
"Vacation Rental" means one or more residential dwellings, including either a
single—family detached or multiple-family attached unit, or any portion of such a dwelling,
rented for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes 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 on a time-share basis, or a condominium
hotel as defined in Ordinance No. 1521 as such ordinance may be amended from time to
time.
"Vacation Rental Registration Certificate"means an annual registration submitted to
the City pursuant to this Chapter.
5.25.040 Registration Certificate Required.
No Owner of a Vacation Rental shall rent that unit for a period of twenty-eight (28)
consecutive days, or less, without a valid Vacation Rental Registration Certificate for a
Vacation Rental pursuant to this Chapter for that unit.
5.25,050 Agency.
(a) An Owner may retain an agent, or a representative, to comply with the
requirements of this Chapter including, without limitation, the filing of a complete Vacation
Rental Registration, the management of the Vacation Rental unit or units, and the
compliance with the requirements of this Chapter. Except as provided in subsection (b) of
this Section, and notwithstanding any agency relationships between an Owner and an
agent or representative, the Owner of the Vacation Rental unit or units shall remain
responsible for compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and the failure of an agent to
comply with this Chapter shall not relieve the Owner of the Owner's obligations under the
provisions of this Chapter.
(b) In the event an Owner enters into an Exclusive Listing Arrangement, the
Vacation Rental Registration Certificate may be secured,, and the transient occupancy
registration certificate requirements provided in this Chapter may be performed, by the
agent, or representative, and not by the Owner. In addition, in the event an Owner enters
into an Exclusive Listing Arrangement, the Owner will not be required to secure a separate
business license for the business of operating a Vacation Rental.
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5.26.060 Vacation Rental Registration Requirements.
(a) Prior to use of a property as a Vacation Rental, the Applicant shall register
the property as a Vacation Rental with the City annually on a registration form furnished by,
or acceptable to, the City Manager and signed by the Applicant under penalty of perjury.
Each application shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the Owner of the unit for
which the Vacation Rental Registration Certificate is to be issued.
(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the agent, if any, of the Owner
of the unit.
(3) The name, address, and 24-hour telephone number of the Local Contact
Person.
(4) The address of the residential Property proposed to be used as a Vacation
Rental.
(5) The number of bedrooms and the applicable overnight and daytime
occupancy limit of the unit.
(6) Evidence of a valid business license issued by the City for the separate
business of operating Vacation Rentals or submission of a certificate that
Owner is exempt or otherwise not covered by the City's Business Tax
Ordinance (Division II, Title 3 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code) for such
activity-
(7) Evidence of a valid transient occupancy registration certificate issued by the
City for the Vacation Rental unit.
(8) Acknowledgement of receipt and inspection of a copy of all regulations
pertaining to the operation of a Vacation Rental.
(9) Such other information as the City Manager deems reasonably necessary to
administer this Chapter.
(b) The registration of a Vacation Rental shall be accompanied by a fee
established by resolution of the City Council, provided, however,the fee shall be no greater
than necessary to defer the cost incurred by the City in administering the provisions of this
Section.
(a) The registration of a Vacation Rental shall be accompanied by proof of
general liability insurance in the amount of one million dollars combined single limit naming
the City of Palm Springs as co-insured and an executed agreement to indemnify, defend
and save the City harmless from any and all claims and liability of any kind whatsoever
resulting from, or arising out of, the registration of the Vacation Rental.
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(d) A Vacation Rental Registration Certificate may be denied if a registration
certificate for the same unit, and issued to the same Owner, has previously been revoked
pursuant to Section 5.25.090. The denial of a registration certificate for any reason may be
appealed in accordance with to the provisions of Chapter 2.50 of the Municipal Code-
(e) Upon change of property, Ownership, agent, or other material facts set forth
in the annual registration, a new registration for a Vacation Rental shall be required to
continue operation of the Vacation Rental and within fourteen (14)days of said change,the
Owner, or his or her agent, shall submit the required registration and fee.
(f) All information provided on an application for a Vacation Rental Registration
Certificate shall be deemed public information and the Owner and/or the Applicant shall
consent to the distribution of all such information in such manner or format as the City
Manager may determine appropriate, including posting on a City sponsored web page.
6.25.070 Operational Requirements and Standard Conditions.
(a) The Owner shall use reasonably prudent business practices to ensure that
the Vacation Rental unit complies with all applicable codes regarding Fire, Building and
Safety, Health and Safety, and all other relevant laws.
(b) The Owner shall limit overnight occupancy of the Vacation Rental unit to a
specific number of occupants, with the maximum number of overnight occupants as two
persons within each Vacation Rental Unit plus an amount that will not exceed two persons
per bedroom within each Vacation Rental unit. The Owner shall also limit the total daytime
occupancy of the Vacation Rental unit to a specific number of occupants not to exceed an
amount determined by adding the total overnight occupants to a number equal to 50% of
the overnight occupants; except that two daytime occupants shall be permitted in a studio
unit or such other unit that does not contain a separate bedroom. The following chart is
provided as an example of how this Section would be applied to specific situations:
Number of Total of Overnight Additional Daytime Total Daytime
Bedrooms Occupants Occupants Occupants
0 2 2 4
1 4 2 6
2 6 3 9
3 8 4 12
4 10 5 15
5 12 6 18
6 14 7 21
7 16 8 24
(c) The Owner, his or her agent, and/or the local contact person designated by
the Owner, shall be available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week for
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the purpose of responding within forty-five (45) minutes to complaints regarding the
condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the Vacation Rental.
(d) The Owner shall use reasonably prudent business practices to ensure that
the occupants and/or guests of the Vacation Rental unit do not create unreasonable noise
or disturbances, engage in disorderly conduct, or violate provisions of the Municipal Code
or any State Law.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.74.043, any radio receiver,
musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or any machine or device
for the producing or reproducing of any sound shall be conducted within an enclosed
Vacation Rental unit.
(f) Prior to occupancy, pursuant to each separate occasion of rental of a
Vacation Rental, the Owner or the Owner's agent, or representative, shall obtain the name,
address, and driver's license number of the Responsible Person and shall require such
Responsible Person to execute a formal acknowledgement that he or she is legally
responsible for compliance of all occupants of the Vacation Rental or their guests with all
provisions of this Chapter and/or the Municipal Code. This information shall be readily
available upon request of any officer of the City responsible for the enforcement of this
Chapter.
(g) The Owner, or his or her agent, shall, upon notification that the Responsible
Person, including any occupant and/or guest of the Vacation Rental Unit, has created
unreasonable noise or disturbances, engaged in disorderly conduct, or committed
violations of provisions of the Municipal Code, or any State Law, shall promptly respond in
a timely and appropriate manner to prevent a recurrence of such conduct by those
occupants or guests. Failure of the Owner, or his or her agent, to respond to calls or
complaints regarding the condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the Vacation
Rental in a timely and appropriate manner shall be grounds for imposition of penalties as
set forth in this Chapter. It is not intended that an Owner, agent, or local contact person
act as a peace officer or place himself or herself in an at-risk situation. The Owner, or his
or her agent, shall report the name, violation, date, and time of disturbance of each
Responsible Party involved in three, or more, disturbances covered by this subsection to
the City Manager-
(h) Trash and refuse shall not be left stored within public view, except in proper
containers forthe purpose of collection by the collectors and between the hours of five a.m.
and eight p.m. on scheduled trash collection days. The Owner of the Vacation Rental Unit
shall use reasonably prudent business practices to ensure compliance with all the
provisions of Chapter 6.04 of the Municipal Code (waste disposal and diversion), and shall
provide the highest level of solid waste collection service available to residential customers
in the City (including, without limitation, "backyard collection"services or"walk-in service"),
or as may otherwise be approved by the City Manager.
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(i) The Owner of the Vacation Rental Unit shall post a copy of the permit and a
copy of the conditions set forth in this section in a conspicuous place within the unit.
Q) The Owner shall provide each occupant of a Vacation Rental with the
following information prior to occupancy of the unit and/or post such information in a
conspicuous place within the unit:
(1) The name of the managing agency, agent, rental manager, local contact
person, or Owner of the unit, and a telephone number at which that party
may be reached on a 24-hour basis.
(2) The maximum number of overnight occupants and the maximum number of
daytime occupants permitted to stay in the unit.
(3) The trash pick-up day and applicable rules and regulations pertaining to
leaving or storing trash or refuse on the exterior of the property.
(4) Notification that the amplification of music outside of the dwelling unit is a
violation of this Chapter.
(5) Notification that the occupant may be cited, or fined, by the City and/or
immediately evicted by the Owner pursuant to State law, in addition to any
other remedies available at law, for creating a disturbance, or for violating
other provisions of this Chapter.
(6) Notification that failure to conform to the occupancy requirements of the
Vacation Rental unit is a violation of this Chapter.
(7) A copy of this Chapter of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, as may be
amended from time to time.
(8) A copy of the Good Neighbor Brochure-
(k) The use of a Vacation Rental unit shall not violate any applicable conditions,
covenants, or other restrictions on real property.
(1) The Owner shall comply with all provisions of Chapter 324 of the Municipal
Code concerning transient occupancy taxes including, but not limited to, submission of a
monthly return in accordance with Section 324.080. The monthly return shall be filed each
month, regardless of whether the Vacation Rental Unit was rented or not during each such
month.
(m) A copy of the Vacation Rental Registration, including all of the information
required in Section 5.25.060 (a)(1-5), shall be mailed or delivered to all property owners
shown on the last equalized county assessment roll and all occupants of each dwelling unit
within three hundred (300) feet of the Vacation Rental Unit and to the Office of
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Neighborhood Involvement of the City. Such information shall be provided at least
annually, orwithin fourteen (14) days, of any change of information as required pursuantto
Section 5,25.060 (e).
(n) The City Manager shall have the authority to impose additional standard
conditions, applicable to all Vacation Rental units, as necessary, to achieve the objectives
of this Chapter. A list of all such additional standard conditions shall be maintained and on
file in the Office of the City Clerk and such offices as the City Manager designates.
(o) The standard conditions may be modified by the City Manager upon request
of the Owner, or his or her agent, based on site-specific circumstances for the purpose of
allowing reasonable accommodation of a Vacation Rental. All requests must be in writing
and shall identify how the strict application of the standard conditions creates an
unreasonable hardship to a property such that, if the requirement is not modified,
reasonable use of the property for a Vacation Rental would not be allowed. Any hardships
identified must relate to physical constraints to the subject site and shall not be self-
induced or economic. Any modifications of to the standard conditions shall not further
exacerbate an already existing problem.
5.25.080 Audit.
Each Owner and agent or representative of any Owner shall provide access to each
Vacation Rental and any records related to the use and occupancy of the Vacation Rental
to the City Manager at any time during normal business hours, for the purpose of
inspection or audit to determine that the objectives and conditions of this Chapter are being
fulfilled.
6.25.090 Violations,
(a) Any person who uses, or allows the use of, residential property in violation of
the provisions in this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor for each day in which such
residential property is used, or allowed to be used, in violation of this Chapter. Violations
are punishable, pursuant to Section 1.01,140 and 1.01.150, and the administrative citation
provisions of Chapter 1.06 of the Municipal Code, except that the fine for a first violation
shall be $250.00 and each subsequent violation shall be $500,00.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1.06, any pre-citation or courtesy
notice issued for violations specified in this Section may provide for a reasonable
compliance date or time of less than fifteen (15) calendar days, but at least thirty (30)
minutes from the date, or the time the pre-citation notice is given if, due to the nature of the
violation, a shorter compliance period is necessary or appropriate, as determined in the
reasonable judgment of the City official issuing the notice.
(c) Upon the fourth or subsequent violation in any twenty-four(24) month period,
the City Manager may suspend or revoke the Vacation Rental Registration Certificate for a
Vacation Rental unit. The appeal and hearing provisions of Chapter 1.06 shall applyto any
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revocation or suspension of a Permit.
(d) The remedies provided for in this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of,
all other legal remedies, criminal or civil, which may be pursued by the City to address any
violation of this Code or other public nuisance.
6.25.100 Requirements Not Exclusive.
The requirements of this Chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit, or fee
required under any other provision of this Code. The issuance of any permit pursuant to
this Chapter shall not relieve any person of the obligation to comply with all other provisions
of this Code pertaining to the use and occupancy of the Vacation Rental unit or the
property on which it is located.
SECTION 2. Owners of Vacation Rentals shall make application for Vacation Rental
Registration Certificate pursuant to this Chapter within sixty (60) days after the effective
date of this Chapter. Owners of Vacation Rentals who, prior to the effective date of this
Chapter, failed to obtain a transient occupancy registration certificate pursuant to Chapter
3.24 of the Municipal Code, may do so without penalty, notwithstanding the provisions of
Chapter 324, if an application for the certificate is filed no later than sixty (60) days after
the effective date of this Chapter.
SECTION 3. If any provision, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this Ordinance, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the other provisions of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. 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
thirty (30) days after passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS _ DAY OF , 2008.
STEPHEN P. POUGNET, MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
James Thompson, City Clerk Douglas Holland, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on , 2008 and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of , 2008 by the
following vote.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
James Thompson, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California
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