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Planning and Building Department, Tahoe Planning and Building Division, recommending the Board:
1) Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 5209 amending Title 5 - County Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code, amending Chapter 5.56 - Vacation Home Rentals, to add the recommendations of the Vacation Home Rental Advisory Committee and Board of Supervisors; and
2) Waive reading the full Ordinance, read by title only, and continue this matter to October 22, 2024, for Final Passage (Second Reading).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 10, 2024 (Legistar File 24-1555) staff presented to the Board of Supervisors on proposed amendments to the County’s Vacation Home Rental Ordinance (Chapter 5.56). At that meeting, the Board accepted the majority of the Ordinance amendment recommendations from staff, but directed staff to return to the Board with revised Ordinance language to include the following:
1. Add language to clarify that where conflict arises between the Vacation Home Rental Ordinance and the Ranch Marketing or Winery Ordinances, the Ranch Marketing or Winery Ordinance shall prevail;
2. In the last paragraph in the last sentence in Section 5.56.030, include Bed and Breakfast Inns;
3. In Section 5.56.090(3), include hot tub restrictions are not applicable to owners of the property;
4. In Section 5.56.100, include language that parking must be contained within the parcel;
5. In Section 5.56.140(A), clarify who is responsible for violations whether it be the host or owner;
6. In Section 5.56.150(B), change the language to "after a property has three warnings within any twenty-four month period";
7. Clarify where renters can locate emergency evacuation information; and
8. Decrease the Vacation Home Rental permit cap to 600 homes.
To this end, staff has updated Ordinance Chapter 5.56 - Vacation Home Rentals to include these recommendations and add clarifying Ordinance language...
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