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ATTY/ORD.451/ZA ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 31.3 TO ARTICLE 31 SHORT TERM RENTALS <br />REV: 01-03-18 PR <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />Exhibit A <br /> <br />[Section 31.3 is hereby added to the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance as follows:] <br /> <br />“31.3 – Short-Term Rental Use Incidental to a Primary Residence <br /> <br />A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to: <br /> <br />1. Allow limited short-term rental uses while preventing the loss of housing stock; <br /> <br />2. Preserve residential character and establish operating standards to reduce <br />potential noise, parking, traffic, property maintenance and safety impacts on <br />adjacent neighbors; and <br /> <br />3. Provide a registration process for the City to track and enforce these <br />requirements as needed and ensure appropriate collection of transient <br />occupancy taxes. <br /> <br />B. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: <br /> <br />1. Adjacent properties. The dwelling units located next to the dwelling unit in which <br />the short-term rental is located. <br /> <br />2. Host. Any person who is the owner of record of residential real property or any <br />person who is a lessee of residential real property pursuant to a written agreement <br />for the lease of such real property, who offers a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, <br />for short-term rental either through a hosting platform or individually as an operator. <br /> <br />3. Hosting platform. A means through which a host may offer a dwelling unit, or <br />portion thereof, for short-term rental. A hosting platform includes, but is not limited <br />to, an internet-based platform that allows a host to advertise and potentially <br />arrange for temporary occupation of the dwelling unit, or portion thereof, through <br />a publicly searchable website, whether the short-term renter pays rent directly to <br />the host or to the hosting platform. <br /> <br />4. Primary residence. A primary residence is a dwelling unit where a person has been <br />physically present and that the person regards as home. A person may only have <br />one primary residence at any given time. Evidence of a person’s primary residence <br />includes, but is not limited to, documentation from income tax statements or a <br />7.B. - Page 11