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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING to consider an ordinance (ZT-18-03) amending Chapter 28 of the Solano County Code to define the short-term rental of a dwelling as a "vacation house rental" and to authorize such land use, subject to an administrative or minor use permit, within the Agricultural, Rural Residential and Watershed Zoning Districts
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning Division of the Department of Resource Management recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing to consider an ordinance (Ordinance 1) addressing Vacation House Rentals in the unincorporated area of the county.
DISCUSSION:
At the June 21st meeting of the Planning Commission, staff presented two ordinances for the Commission's consideration regarding vacation house rentals. Ordinance 1 grouped vacation house rentals into two categories - hosted and unhosted, and proposed general regulations along with specific regulations for each. Ordinance 2 collapsed the general and specific regulations contained in Ordinance 1 and placed them under the general heading of requirements.
The application submittal process for a hosted rental would be an Administrative permit while the unhosted rental would be a minor use permit. A hosted rental application process would involve the submittal of an administrative permit that the Director of Resource Management shall administratively approve if all standards and requirements of Chapter 28 and elsewhere in the Code are satisfied. The unhosted rental application process would involve the submittal of a minor use permit which requires a public hearing before the Zoning Administrator.
The application process for permits under Ordinance 2 would involve the submittal of an administrative permit that the Director of Resource Management shall administratively approve if all standards and requirements of Chapter 28 and elsewhere in the Code are satisfied.
Following a discussion period, the commission provided staff with comments which were inc...
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