City of Long Beach - File #: 20-1203

• File #: 20-1203
• Version: 2
• Name: CA/CD5 - STR ORD
• Type: Emergency Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/30/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 12/8/2020
• Final action: 12/15/2020
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 5.77, related to short-term rentals; and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: COUNCILWOMAN STACY MUNGO, FIFTH DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER JEANNINE PEARCE, SECOND DISTRICT, COUNCILWOMAN SUZIE A. PRICE, THIRD DISTRICT
• Related files: 20-1204

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/15/2020	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
12/8/2020	1	City Council	approve recommendation to declare Emergency Ordinance No. ORD- , read, and adopted as read and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass
12/8/2020	1	City Council	approve recommendation to declare an emergency to exist	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 5.77, related to short-term rentals; and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
At its meeting on November 17, 2020, the City Council considered whether to request an amendment to Chapter 5.77, "Short-Term Rentals", of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) to primarily lift the prohibition on, and regulate, un-hosted short-term rentals (STRs) within the City. The revised draft Ordinance is attached for the City Council's consideration, approval, and adoption.

Consistent with the City Council's direction, Staff used the prior draft Ordinance presented to the Council on May 19, 2020 (which included regulations on un-hosted STRs), and made the following revisions:

• An STR Operator shall not operate more than one (1) primary residence STR and more than one (1) non-primary residence STR within the City;
• The total number of non-primary residence STR registrations shall not exceed 800 dwelling units, and this number shall be reviewed by the City Council on an annual basis; and
• No more than four (4) occasional event permits may be issued per STR during its annual term of registration.

Due to staff's experience and feedback received during the initial implementation process of Chapter 5.77 of the LBMC thus far, staff has additionally made the following revisions for the Council's consideration:

• Clarifying the definition of "primary residence" to specifically include multi-unit buildings on a single parcel and a building in a residential development project;
• Adding a definition of "residential development project";
• Clarifying the definition of "Host" to include an authorized tenant;
• Clarifying that the City will use a "notice and takedown" approach for Hosting Platforms with respect to unauthorized STRs, meaning Platforms will be prohibited from processing, completing, ...