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File Number: 19-218 <br />Environmental Review <br />The proposed ordinances are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines regarding existing <br />facilities, specifically operation and leasing of existing structures, and under the “general rule” at <br />Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the <br />ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment. <br />Legal Analysis <br />The City Attorney’s Office drafted the ordinances regulating hosted short term rentals. <br />Fiscal Impacts <br />Short-term rentals will be subject to a fourteen percent (14%) Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax <br />as per Chapter 2-10 of the Municipal Code. A City business license with Transient Occupancy <br />Registration will be required of anyone operating a short-term rental business. Given the low <br />number of listed properties, the amount of tax revenue generated by enabling hosted short term <br />rentals is projected to be relatively small and not likely to fully recover the cost of enforcement. <br />Staff estimates the annual cost for third party monitoring services to be approximately $3,500 to <br />$10,000 per year with the lower amount being for basic online monitoring services and the upper <br />end for enhanced services like a toll free complaint hotline. Pricing varies with the number of short <br />term rental properties and San Leandro appears to fall under the lower volume range (e.g., under <br />150 units). <br />Budget Authority <br />Community Development staff shall solicit and select a qualified third party monitoring service <br />firm and determines the actual costs for the first year of short term rental ordinance <br />implementation. Funding for the third party contract shall come from the FY 2018-2019 City <br />Manager’s Contingency Fund, be transferred to 010-41-006-5120 (Code Compliance consulting <br />budget line item). <br />ATTACHMENT(S) <br />·Ordinance to add Chapter 4-40 to the San Leandro Municipal Code to Regulate Hosted <br />Short Term Rentals of Residential Dwelling Units. <br />·Ordinance to add Chapter 4-41 to the San Leandro Municipal Code to Prohibit <br />Non-Hosted Short Term Rentals of Residential Dwelling Units <br />PREPARED BY: Tom Liao, Community Development Director; Andrew J. Mogensen, AICP <br />Planning Manager; Richard D. Pio Roda, City Attorney <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/30/2019