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ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5.25.070(b) OF THE
CITY’S VACATION RENTAL ORDINANCE, REGARDING
THE ANNUAL CAP ON THE NUMBER OF VACATION
RENTALS THAT CAN OCCUR ON RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
City Attorney’s Summary
This ordinance removes an upcoming reduction in the annual number of short term rentals of certain residential properties, which reduction would otherwise go into effect on January 1, 2026.
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2017, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs adopted Ordinance No. 1918, which comprehensively and strictly regulated the short term rentals of residential properties within the City; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1918 was primarily codified as Chapter 5.25 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, with some provisions also being codified as Section
93.23.16 of the Palm Springs Municipal (Zoning) Code; and WHEREAS, among other regulations, Section 5.25.070(b) provided for a cap on the number of short term rentals that could lawfully be conducted per year, originally setting that number at thirty two (32) rentals in any calendar year, plus up to an additional four (4) rentals occurring entirely during the third quarter of a year; and WHEREAS, on November 28, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2075, amending Section 5.25.070(b), setting the annual cap at twenty six (26) for “New Permittees”, thirty six (36) (32 + 4) for “Existing Permittees”, and providing that said thirty six (36) cap for Existing Permittees would automatically go down to twenty six (26) on January 1, 2026.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.25.070, subdivision (b) of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 5.25.070 Operational Requirements and Standard Conditions. ***
(b) For new permittees, on and after the effective date of this oOrdinance No. 2075, no more than 26 contracts for vacation rental use of a property shall be allowed or provided in any calendar year. For existing permittees, no more than 32 contracts for vacation rental use of a property 55575.18195\44323299.1
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shall be allowed or provided in any calendar year; however, up to four additional contracts shall be allowed or provided for the third quarter of a calendar year so long as the entire term of each such contract occurs during such third quarter, subject to reduction in such numbers on and after January 1, 2026. A contract includes any occupancy of a property subject to a vacation rental registration certificate by persons other than the owner when the owner is not present during such occupancy, regardless of whether compensation is paid for such occupancy or whether occupancy is evidenced in an agreement or document. For any property for which a Junior vacation rental registration certificate has been issued, no more than six contracts for vacation rental use of that property shall be allowed or provided in any calendar year.
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(3) For Existing Permittees, the 32 + four contract limitation above shall be reduced to 26, on January 1, 2026. For new permittees, on and after the effective date of this ordinance, no more than 26 contracts for vacation rental use of a property shall be allowed or provided in any calendar year.
(4) Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this subparagraph, the owner at the time an application or renewal is submitted can designate and file with the enforcement official the names of up to five persons who may occupy the vacation rental unit at no cost and without requiring the presence of the owner on the premises of the vacation rental. Each such occupancy shall fully comply with all other provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, the requirement to submit a contract summary prior to each applicable occupancy, as set forth in Section 5.25.070(h). *** ”
SECTION 2. This Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State Guidelines, because the Ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not a "project," as that term is defined in Section 15378 of the State Guidelines. In addition, the City Council also determines this Ordinance consists of regulations intended to ensure that the incidental short term rental use of residential property remains an ancillary and secondary use of residential property in the City and thereby preserve the residential character of the City's single- family and multi-family neighborhoods as identified in the City's adopted General Plan, and its concomitant Environmental Impact Report. Thus, to the extent there is any environmental impact from the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council finds that the Environmental Impact Report for the adopted General Plan is the controlling environmental document.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS _____ DAY OF ______________, 2025.
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Ron deHarte
Mayor
ATTEST:
BRENDA PREE, MMC
CITY CLERK
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. ____ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on _________ and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on __________ by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this ______ day of ______________, _________.
BRENDA PREE, MMC
CITY CLERK