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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2018-015 AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY MEASURE, MAKING FINDINGS AND ESTABLISHING A CITY-WIDE MORATORIUM ON NON -HOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTALS OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro ("City") has an overriding interest in planning and regulating the use of property within the City because without stable, well-planned neighborhoods, the quality of life and the character of the City can quickly deteriorate and suffer adverse social, environmental, and economic conditions; WHEREAS, the City Council has heard public comment at its meetings indicating that the proliferation of non -hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units within the City adversely affects the quality of life and the character of the City's residential communities; WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the failure to regulate non -hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units, would pose a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of our residential communities by adversely affecting the quality of life and the character of the City's residential communities; WHEREAS, short-term rentals pose unique challenges for enforcement and tax collection because precise information on their location, availability, cost, and actual occupancy rates are difficult to obtain; WHEREAS, the City's Zoning Code has not expressly enabled short-term rentals; WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to consider revising the City's zoning ordinances to better regulate non -hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units in order to protect the quality of life and the character of the City's residential neighborhoods; WHEREAS, the City proposes adopting a moratorium on non -hosted short-term rentals of residential dwelling units to support achievement of the City's long-term planning goals, protecting the City's investments in its planning efforts, and avoidance of immediate threats to the public health, safety, and welfare; WHEREAS, the California Constitution, Article XI, section 7, provides cities with the authority to enact ordinances to protect the health, safety, welfare and morals of their citizens, and zoning regulations are a permissible exercise of this authority; WHEREAS, Government Code section 65858 allows the City to immediately protect and preserve the public peace, health, and welfare by prohibiting any uses that may be in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan or zoning proposal that the legislative body, planning commission or planning department is considering; and