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Page 12 of 17 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />homes used as a short-term rental. Recent updates to State law offer jurisdictions additional <br />enforcement tools to regulate short-term rentals. The following proposed amendments <br />would implement the new enforcement tools authorized by State law while maintaining the <br />original intent of the short-term rental ordinance: <br />1.Listings Per Day - Currently, the Zoning Code allows up to two listings per day at a single <br />short-term rental location, which was intended to provide flexibility for short-term rental <br />hosts to rent multiple bedrooms at a single short-term rental location. However, some <br />short-term rental hosts have attempted to use this provision to justify posting short-term <br />rentals for multiple units within a single multifamily property, including units that are not <br />their primary residence. In order to close this loophole, the proposed amendments would <br />limit the number of allowable postings to one. <br />2.Identity Verification - The proposed amendments would confirm the method(s) for <br />identity verification and require additional forms of verification to ensure that short-term <br />rental hosts live within the dwelling as their true principal residence. <br />3.Display of License Number - The proposed amendment would implement a new State <br />law that allows jurisdictions to require that hosts display the City’s short-term rental <br />license number at the short-term rental location and on the host platform’s website. This <br />would improve compliance with City registration requirements because the City could <br />require host platforms to take down any postings that do not list the required City rental <br />license number. <br />4.Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) - A short-term rental is a residential dwelling used for <br />lodging purposes for less than 30 days and, like hotels, is subject to a Transient Occupancy <br />Tax (TOT). New state law allows local jurisdictions to require host platforms to submit <br />quarterly informational reports to the jurisdiction to assist in the enforcement and <br />collection of the TOT tax. The proposed amendment would establish a new requirement <br />for host platforms to submit all reports upon the City’s request. In addition, other <br />amendments provide the City with more flexibility to collect TOT from the STR host or <br />host platform. <br />c.California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines – Article 41.1 would incorporate <br />by reference the State CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 California Code of Regulations, Sections <br />§15000 et seq.) into the zoning code to ensure that local procedures remain consistent with <br />State law and would automatically incorporate future amendments to the State CEQA <br />Guidelines to maintain consistency. This new section would replace the City’s existing and <br />outdated CEQA guidelines. <br />5.Minor Policy Clarifications and Updates – Over time staff has identified sections of the Zoning and <br />Municipal Code where policy direction should be clarified or updated to reflect current practice <br />and/or to streamline the process. The following proposed amendments would implement minor <br />policy clarifications and updates: <br />8.B. - Page 12 of 212 <br />327