Starting at 6:00 p.m. on November 16, the Salida City Council will host their regular meeting. After the Call to Order, officials elected in the just concluded 2020 election will be sworn in.
Agenda items include the second reading and Public Hearing for Ordinance 2021-17. This ordinance would amend Chapters Six and 16 of the Salida Municipal Code Concerning short term rentals.
As previously covered by Ark Valley Voice, On October 5, 2021, City Council approved Ordinance 2021-15, which amended Chapters Six and 16 of the Municipal Code in regard to short term rental (STR) licenses. Among the items implemented via that ordinance include:
- Area- specific caps on the number of licenses to be permitted
- A Chaffee County residency requirement for licenses
- A limit of one STR license per person (or person controlling a corporate owner); new minimum parking requirements for STR units
- A limit of maximum 50 percent of all units on a single lot to be eligible for a license; among other clarifications and amendments
At the same meeting, due to public feedback, City Council requested that staff return with additional amendments and clarifications to be considered, specifically regarding exceptions to the residency requirement and the 50 percent rule. Staff subsequently proposed some related options to City Council at a work session on October 18, 2021 and received further direction regarding additional amendments. This ordinance is a result of that direction.
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The amendments proposed pertain to the following:
- Exceptions to the Chaffee County residency requirement would extend to all owners of property purchased, or under valid and executed contract to be purchased, prior to December 19, 2021. Such individuals/properties would still require an existing unit or building permit for a unit prior to December 19, 2021; would need to submit an application by June 1, 2022; and would still be subject to the area-specific caps and other eligibility requirements. This amendment would allow for a limited number of licenses to be issued to non-County residents, after which time future new licenses would be reserved for County residents. Currently, 70 percent of all licenses belong to non-residents. Other potential exceptions subject to the provision of substantial affordable housing would still remain.
- Exceptions to the one license per person (or person controlling a corporate owner) limit would extend to all owners of property purchased, or under valid and executed contract to be purchased, in non-residential areas, prior to December 19, 2021. Such individuals/properties would still require an existing unit or building permit for a unit prior to December 19, 2021; would need to apply by June 1, 2022; and would still be subject to the area-specific caps and other eligibility requirements. This amendment would allow the individuals described above to hold more than one license, subject to other eligibility requirements.
- Removal of the rule limiting 50 percent of all units on a single lot being eligible for a license. Staff recommends this amendment primarily due to the additional administrative burden that it would present, given the fluid nature of such licenses. Additionally, staff recognizes that other regulations (such as residency requirements, the 1 per person limit, and area-specific caps)would already limit the proliferation of such types of development.
City Council meetings continue to allow in-person attendance, primarily for purposes of conducting public hearings. The city still requests that those wishing to testify should plan to do so via the GoToWebinar platform or by email or letter.
Anyone who is unvaccinated and who wants to provide testimony must wear a face mask and remain at least six feet away from others both inside and outside of the Council Chambers.’
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