Mayor Todd Gloria on Wednesday signed legislation to regulate short-term vacation rentals in San Diego, turning the page on an issue that has been hotly debated for years.
The Short Term Residential Occupancy Ordinance (STRO) limits short-term vacation rentals for the whole house to 1% of the city’s overall housing stock, except in Mission Beach where 30% of homes can be rented.
It also requires landlords to obtain a license for vacation rentals and limits them to one rental property in the city of San Diego. Accommodation platforms will be required to collect the license number in order to list a property in the city of San Diego, according to the city.
The law requiring a license will come into effect on July 1, 2022. giving owners time to go through the process to get a licensethat remains to be developed.
The San Diego City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday to pass a proposed ordinance to regulate short-term vacation rentals in San Diego, NBC 7 political reporter Priya Sridhar reports.
Mayor Gloria said city staff are still working on a licensing distribution plan and a team to regulate the new regulations. He proposed creating a lottery process for an initial allocation of licenses.
The order, which Campbell called a compromise between property owners and corporate rental services such as VRBO and Airbnb, has sparked its own controversy — mostly from landlords concerned about the fairness and fairness of the future lottery system.
An amendment has been added to prioritize “good actors,” those who have complied with the city’s previous rental laws, when licensing begins later this year.
The legislation also has a good neighbor policy, in which hosts and guests could be fined up to $1,000 for violating rental rules. Guests renting an entire home in San Diego will need to stay a minimum of two nights.
As of July 2019, 16,000 units were in use for short-term housing, according to a city auditor’s report. Of these, only about 6,600 paid the required transitional occupancy taxes.
Officials said the move would reduce the number of vacation rentals to around 5,400 per year.
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The law Gloria signed on Wednesday was introduced by San Diego City Council President Jennifer Campbell and passed by the full council in an 8-1 vote on February 23, with the council member dissenting. of District 1, Joe Lacava. A second vote on April 6 fixed his fate.
“These regulations should have been put in place a long time ago,” Mayor Gloria said. “Thanks to the leadership of Board Chair Jennifer Campbell, who worked closely with me to get the job done, San Diego finally has a clear set of rules governing short-term vacation rentals.”
The ordinance has been in the works for two years, with the debate over what to do with short-term vacation rentals in San Diego going on for years.
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