45 DAY TEMP MORATORIUM ON VACATION RENTAL PERMITS IN SONOMA CTY PASSES
THE GIST
AT THEIR MAY 10, 2022 MEETING THE SONOMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PASSED A 45-DAY MORATORIUM WHICH APPLIES TO NEW VACATION RENTAL PERMITS SUBMITTED AFTER MARCH 17, EXCEPT FOR PRE-EXISTING APPLICATIONS IN DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 3, WHERE THERE WAS LESS IMPACT FROM VACATION RENTAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS. THE MORATORIUM DOES NOT APPLY TO EXISTING VACATION RENTALS, HOSTED RENTALS OR RENTALS IN THE COASTAL ZONE
“We passed the resolution that staff had prepared, with a couple changes,” said Commissioner Caitlin Cornwall. “The most important was we had a majority for a 5 percent cap, not a 10 percent cap. Owners must be permanent residents of
Sonoma County, must be actual people — not corporations — and can only have one vacation rental each. And no vacation rentals in R1 zoned areas, which are the highest density residential areas [in the] unincorporated county. All of this only applies to new applications for vacation rentals.”
Read the full article on the county website here
Kenwood Press article here
BREAKING NEWS AS OF 6/3/22
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on June 13, 2022 at 8:30 am. This meeting will likely result in the extension of the 45-day moratorium as the County continues its public hearing process on an update to the existing Vacation Rental Ordinance.
Meeting Materials: https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Submit public comment prior to or during the board meeting via email:
Meeting Agenda: https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
For more information about this proposal, to submit comments, or to request an
accommodation for review of the file, please contact the project planner, Brian Oh at [email protected] or (707) 565-1931.