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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 23, 2018 <br />Urgency Ordinance <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-368 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />Acting City Manager <br />BY:City Attorney and <br />Rich Pio Roda <br />City Attorney <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:An Interim ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of San Leandro Adopted <br />as an Urgency Measure, Making Findings and Establishing a City-Wide <br />Moratorium on Non-Hosted Short-Term Rentals of Residential Dwelling Units <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro (“City”) has an overriding interest in planning and regulating the <br />use of property within the City because without stable, well-planned neighborhoods, the quality of life <br />and the character of the City can quickly deteriorate and suffer adverse social, environmental, and <br />economic conditions; <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has heard public comment at its meetings indicating that the <br />proliferation of non-hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units within the City adversely <br />affects the quality of life and the character of the City’s residential communities; <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the failure to regulate non-hosted short-term rentals of <br />residential dwelling units, would pose a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and <br />welfare of our residential communities by adversely affecting the quality of life and the character of the <br />City’s residential communities; <br />WHEREAS, short-term rentals pose unique challenges for enforcement and tax collection because <br />precise information on their location, availability, cost, and actual occupancy rates are difficult to obtain; <br />WHEREAS, the City’s Zoning Code has not expressly enabled short-term rentals; <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to consider revising the City’s zoning ordinances to better <br />regulate non-hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units in order to protect the quality of life <br />and the character of the City’s residential neighborhoods; <br />WHEREAS, the City proposes adopting a moratorium on non-hosted short-term rentals of <br />residential dwelling units to support achievement of the City’s long-term planning goals, protecting the <br />City’s investments in its planning efforts, and avoidance of immediate threats to the public health, <br />safety, and welfare; <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/17/2018