City of Corona
Staff Report
400 S. Vicentia Ave.
Corona, CA 92882
File #: 23-0831
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 10/18/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.55 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT SHORT
TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN AMORTIZATION PERIOD AND
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL NONCONFORMING SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
UNITS, AND RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES SCHEDULE FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve an ordinance that would amend Chapter 5.55 of the Corona Municipal Code (CMC) to prohibit short term residential rentals in the City. An additional ordinance is also proposed that would establish an amortization period and operational requirements for short term residential rental permits that have not yet expired. Short term residential rentals that were issued a short term residential rental permit from the City prior to the adoption of the proposed ordinance will be allowed to continue as a legal non-conforming use up to the expiration date of the permit. Short term residential rental permits are annual permits and expire 12 months from the date of issuance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council:
a. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 3380 approving an amendment to Chapter 5.55 of the Corona Municipal Code to prohibit short term residential rentals. b. Introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3381, first reading of an ordinance approving an amendment to Chapter 5.55 of the Corona Municipal Code to prohibit short term residential rentals.
c. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 3382 establishing an amortization period and operating City of Corona Page 1 of 5 Printed on 10/12/2023
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regulations for legally existing short-term residential rentals. d. Introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3383, first reading of an ordinance establishing an amortization period and operating regulations for legally existing short-term residential rentals.
e. Resolution No. 2023-100 amending the Administrative Penalties Schedule for violations of the Corona Municipal Code.
BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The City Council at its meeting on October 4, 2017, adopted an ordinance to permit and establish operating regulations for short term residential rentals. Short term residential rentals are the rental of residential dwelling units for occupancy for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less.
Short term residential rentals are regulated by CMC Chapter 5.55.
Since the adoption of the City’s short term residential rental ordinance, staff has responded to various complaints regarding noise and parking from the short term rentals. Over time these complaints escalated to the City Council from constituents that were impacted by the disturbances created by the short term renters in residential neighborhoods. The most common complaint was noise generated by the short term renters that involved loud music and voices due to the congregation of people in the rental. Parking was another common complaint as multiple cars from renters would park on the residential streets.
The City Council at its Study Session on August 16, 2023, discussed prohibiting short term residential rentals in the City. At the conclusion of the study session, the Council supported prohibiting short term residential rentals because of the negative secondary impact it has on residential neighborhoods related to noise, traffic, safety and parking. The Council also requested that the administrative penalty fee for operating a non-permitted short term residential rental be increased to deter the illegal operations of short term residential rentals in the City.
ANALYSIS:
The following is a summary of the urgency and regular ordinances proposed to prohibit short term residential rentals in the City.
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Ordinance Description
Urgency Ordinance 3380 Becomes effective immediately upon adoption by the City Council. Amends
Chapter 5.55 of the CMC to prohibit short
term residential rentals starting on October
18, 2023, establishes various definitions
used in reference to short term residential
rentals, prohibits hosting platforms from
booking short term residential rentals in
the city, allows short term residential
rentals that were issued a short term
residential permit from the city prior to the
adoption of this ordinance to continue as a
legal nonconforming short term residential
rental up to the expiration date of the
permit, and establishes penalties and
enforcement.
Regular Ordinance 3381 This ordinance is identical to Urgency Ordinance 3380 but follows the traditional
ordinance process and becomes effective
30 days after the adoption by the City
Council.
Urgency Ordinance 3382 Becomes effective immediately upon adoption by the City Council. Establishes
an amortization period for legal
nonconforming short term residential
rentals to cease operation, and operational
requirements for legal nonconforming short
term residential rentals during the
amortization period starting on October 18,
2023. Legal nonconforming short term
residential rentals may continue up to the
expiration date of the permit. Short term
residential rental permits are annual
permits and expire 12 months from the
date of issuance.
Regular Ordinance 3383 This ordinance is identical to Urgency Ordinance 3382 but follows the traditional
ordinance process and becomes effective
30 days after the adoption by the City
Council.
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As noted in Urgency Ordinance 3380, short term residential rentals that have been issued a short term residential rental permit by the City prior to the adoption of the ordinance would be allowed to continue up to the expiration date of the permit. Short term residential rental permits are annual and expire every 12 months. The City has 12 short term residential rental permits that will expire within the next 12 months ranging from October 2023 to September 2024.
Resolution 2023-100 increases the administrative penalty fee for operating an illegal short term residential rental. The following table identifies the administrative penalty fee increase.
Administrative Citation
Notice
Existing Administrative Penalty
Fee - Illegal Short Term
Residential Rental
Proposed Administrative
Penalty Fee - Illegal Short
Term Residential Rental
1st Citation $100 $1,500
2nd Citation $200 $3,000
3rd + Citation $500 $5,000
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The adoption of the ordinances will have a negligible fiscal impact on the City General Fund. In FY 2022, the City received $73,021 in revenue from the transit occupancy tax from short term residential rentals compared to the City’s total transit occupancy tax revenue of $3.2 million which includes hotels.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action amends the Corona Municipal Code to prohibit short-term residential rentals, and adopts an uncodified ordinance establishing an amortization period and operational standards for legal nonconforming short term residential rentals, and there is no possibility that adopting this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.
PREPARED BY: JOANNE COLETTA, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Attachments:
1. Exhibit 1 - Urgency Ordinance No. 3380
2. Exhibit 2 - Ordinance No. 3381 (clean version)
3. Exhibit 3 - Ordinance No. 3381 (redline version)
4. Exhibit 4 - Urgency Ordinance No. 3382
5. Exhibit 5 - Ordinance No. 3383
6. Exhibit 6 - Resolution No. 2023-100 (clean version)
7. Exhibit 7 - Resolution No. 2023-100 (redline version) City of Corona Page 4 of 5 Printed on 10/12/2023
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