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L18-0045ShortTermRentalRegulationUpdate <br />Page7 <br />Analternativetorequiringowner-occupancywouldbetoallowalocalpropertymanagertobe <br />designatedandavailabletorespondtocomplaints.Kirkland,forexample,requiresapropertymanager <br />locatedwithinCity-limitsatalltimesthepropertyisbeingusedasashort-termrental. <br />StaffRecommendation:Requirethataroomofferedasashort-termrentalbewithinanoccupiedhouse <br />butalloweitheranowneroranongoingtenanttobetheoccupant. <br />4.RestrictionsonOccupancy,ParkingandQuietHours. <br />Thereareadditionalissuespertainingtotheimpactstoneighboringpropertiesoftenattributabletothe <br />useofresidentialpropertiesforshorttermrentalpurposes,includingplacinglimitationsonthenumber <br />ofoccupants,requiringadditionaloff-streetparkingspaces,andtheimpositionofquiethours.The <br />followingalternativesrepresentoptionsforthePlanningCommissiontoconsideronthesetopics: <br />TopicOption1(StatusQuo)Option2Option3(Most <br />Permissive) <br />LimitationonNolimitationLimitnumberofNolimitation <br />occupancy…(Butmultiplebedrooms renterstotwo(2)per <br />maynotbe lawfullyestablished <br />simultaneouslyrented bedroom(numberof <br />underseparatelease bedroomsaspermitted <br />agreements,akintoa foroccupancy) <br />BoardingHouse) <br />AdditionalparkingNoadditionalparkingRequireoneadditionalNoadditionalparking <br />required…required(exceptforoff-streetparkingrequired <br />ADU,whichrequires1spaceforoccupied <br />or2additionalspaces)propertiesutilizedas <br />short-termrentals <br />Quiethours…NolimitationbeyondSetquiethoursfromNolimitationspecific <br />thosecurrentlyinTMC10pmto7am,limitingtoshorttermrentals <br />8.22noisecodeoutdoornoise <br />pertainingtonuisanceattributabletorental <br />noisesproperty <br />AfewjurisdictionsinWashingtonhaveadoptedheightenedrestrictionsonthenumberofoccupants, <br />noise(quiethours),off-streetparking,andotherissuesinordertoaddressconcernsraisedbyexisting <br />short-termrentals.Forexample,SanJuanIslandCountyplacesacaponthenumberofrentersatno <br />morethanthreeperbedroom,andrequiresadditionaloff-streetparkingforpropertiesusedasshort- <br />termrentals. <br />Totheextenttheseconcernsaredocumented,theCitycouldutilizetheseregulationstodirectlyremedy <br />problempropertiesutilizedasshort-termrentals.Ongoingrequirementssuchasadditionalparking <br />spaceswouldneedtobeverifiedthroughaninspectionprocess,possiblyaspartofalicensingprocedure. <br />1 51 <br /> <br />