Planning and Building Agency
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Item # 25
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
April 16, 2024
TOPIC: Ordinance Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals - Second Reading
AGENDA TITLE
Ordinance Amending the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals (Second Reading) Legal notice was published in the OC Reporter on April 10, 2024.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance amending the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC prohibiting Short-Term Rentals.
ORDINANCE NO. NS-3061 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING ARTICLE XXI TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
At the April 2, 2024 meeting, the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance and conducted a first reading of a standard ordinance to amend the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC, thereby prohibiting Short- Term Rentals. The standard ordinance, approved 4:3 with Councilmember Bacerra, Mayor Pro Tem Phan, and Mayor Amezcua dissenting, requires a second reading. The urgency ordinance, under a standalone motion and approved with unanimous votes, went into full force and effect immediately.
Both ordinances reaffirm and clarify that short-term rentals, as defined therein, are and have not been permissible in Santa Ana. No changes to either ordinance were made by the City Council; a clean copy of the standard ordinance for second reading is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.
Ordinance Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals - Second Reading April 16, 2024
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The City Council, at its April 2, 2024 regular meeting, found that, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the proposed action is not subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to (Guidelines) Section 15060(c)(2) because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and 15060(c)(3) because the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly and so is not a project.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Ordinance
Submitted By: Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP, Planning Manager
Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, Acting City Manager