Mayor & Commission Meetings

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Monday, November 21, 2022 Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Commissioner Tim Denson, Committee Chair Commissioner Patrick Davenport Commissioner Mike Hamby Commissioner Melissa Link Staff: Josh Edwards, Assistant Manager Sherrie Hines, Chief Assistant Attorney Austin Jackson, Assistant Attorney Brad Griffin, Planning & Zoning Director Cynthia Lambright, Recorder Committee Chair Denson called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. A. Approval of Minutes: Commissioner Hamby made the motion to approve the Minutes of the October 17, 2022 meeting. Commissioner Davenport seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. B. Commission Identified Items of Interest: Consider limitations on the number of short term rentals any individual can manage in residential zones, and the requirement to be a homestead holder to own short term rentals (Mayor Girtz assigned to GOC on July 19, 2022) Sherrie Hines reviewed proposed text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. She said there are two avenues of regulations: Propose changing the Home Occupation Ordinance to allow short term vacation rentals if a person resides there the majority of the year, and the second proposal is to treat short term rentals as similarly as possible as Bed & Breakfasts. This proposal will require a zoning permit application. Brad Griffin discussed the process for approving a zoning amendment. The Committee will recommend to the Mayor and Commission the proposed revisions and the recommendation to direct staff to take the text amendment through the Planning Commission process as a text amendment. Commissioner Hamby made the motion to approve the changes that the Attorney’s Office and Planning Department have identified in the Zoning Ordinance, as well as approve issuance of an RFP for a third party vendor to monitor and regulate short term rentals. Commissioner Link seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. The Committee discussed and decided not to meet in December. Commissioner Davenport made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Link seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.