9.23.2019 City Council Work Session Minutes

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requiring online platforms to assist in regulations when many of the current short-term rentals aren't being captured by the online platforms, so it would have limited value. Councilor Clark -asked how staff would go about the process of finding out how many short - terms rentals are owned by Expedia, Priceline, or Trip Advisor in Eugene; asked how any regulations would be enforced with these large companies. Councilor Taylor - thanked staff for all of the great information provided in the agenda packet. MOTION: Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Zelenka, moved to direct the City Manager to schedule a public hearing on an ordinance that amends Chapter 3 to add a short term rental licensure program and that includes as part of the licensure program at least the following items: 1) yearly license fee; 2) owner -occupancy requirement; 3) limit on the number of days a unit can be rented; 4) basis for license revocation, including number of complaints per calendar year; 5) minimum separation between short-term rentals; 6) inspection requirements; 7) requirements for on-line platforms to assist in regulations; and, 8) parking requirements. Council Discussion: Councilor Zelenka -said that the motion is not uncomplicated and there's a lot packed in to it; the way it's written leaves a lot of decisions up to staff that City Council would be voting on; suggested a friendly amendment to replace "direct the City Manager to schedule a public hearing on" with "direct the City Manager to draft and bring back to council for deliberation". Councilor Taylor -said she didn't object to the friendly amendment, but that there's also some urgency to do something; suggested creating a deadline; accept a friendly amendment to replace "direct the City Manager to schedule a public hearing on" with "direct the City Manager to draft and bring back to council for deliberation before the end of the year". Councilor Clark - said he didn't think that items 5 or 6 needed to be included in the motion, that they are superfluous and won't affectively alter what we come up with. MOTION TO AMEND AND VOTE: Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Semple, moved to remove 5) and 6) to keep on a better track PASSED 5:3, Councilors Taylor, Zelenka, and Evans opposed. Council Discussion: Councilor Pryor - said he was going to make the same motion as Councilor Zelenka and is supportive of bringing back a draft. Councilor Syrett - said there is urgency around this topic in the community, but they need to make sure there is time to hear both from people who offer short-term rentals and those who have experienced the negative effects; said she's glad this won't go straight to a public hearing because she'd like to strike a balance between the competing interests; commented that they're not looking at creating a land use permit process for a home that could be used as a short-term rental, but there may be space to consider that down the road. Councilor Evans - asked if a licensure fee could be added to support the administration of the program. Councilor Clark - talked about iBuyer programs coming out that will alter the housing market; said that large companies will be renting homes short-term between when they are purchased and sold; said he'd like staff to look into the idea of how this takes into account not just the platforms that are intentionally renting as their ongoing business model, but the ones that are buying and selling homes intentionally without realtors in the process that will have the motivation to rent them on a short-term basis; asked how the City would know if they were MINUTES - Eugene City Council September 23, 2019 Page 4 Work Session