Title:
Title
Conversion of Multi-Unit Dwellings into Hotels/Motels (M20-001) [Majority Vote Required] {Noticed 06/19/2020; Passed for Publication 06/16/2020; Published 06/19/2020}
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00664
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion adopt: 1) a Resolution determining the proposed ordinance is not a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and is therefore exempt from CEQA Review (Pub. Res. Code section 21065.); and 2) an Ordinance amending various portions of Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to Bed and Breakfast Inns and Hotels;
Contact: Garrett Norman, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7934; Evan Compton, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5260, Community Development Department
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Presenter: Garrett Norman, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7934, Community Development Department
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Ordinance (Redline)
4-Ordinance (Clean)
5-Letter from Sacramento Housing Alliance
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Recently, developers of some approved apartment projects within the Central City have expressed interest in converting their rental units into bed and breakfast inns or motel/hotels in order to boost profits because short-term rentals can generate more income than long-term rentals. By example, the National Multifamily Housing Council estimated in 2017 that 65-percent of Airbnb bookings were done in apartment buildings. This trend is expected to continue in many mid to large sized cities.
Staff has concerns that these multi-unit buildings, however, were not specifically designed for interim lodging (i.e. hotel) and may lack features that will ensure a non-nuisance producing operation in a residential setting-e.g. entrance/egress, front lobby, delivery access and loading docks, etc. The intent of the ordinance is to not automatically prohibit the conversion of multi-unit dwellings into hotel...
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