Short-Term Rental Overlay District

At a glance

What: The city's proposed short-term rental overlay district map, which decides where conditional use permits for short-term rentals can be sought. Agenda item 1 on October 14, 2026 was a referral resolution to modify that map.
Where it stands: City Council withdrew the referral at its October 6, 2026 hearing, so it did not move forward. The Planning Commission formally recorded the withdrawal 10-0 on October 14.
What's next: A commissioner said council wants the commission to reconsider a smaller map, pulling back the lobe that extends to the north toward the ocean front, over concerns about continuity with that neighborhood. The boundary was not yet known.

At the informal session staff said the item "will not be moving forward at this time." Commissioner Plumbley later described the council request to shrink the map and noted that both short-term rental permits on the day's agenda, on half streets, stayed inside the overlay in all three versions of the map.
Plumbley said complaints have come mostly from half streets, where parking blocks neighbors' access. See 21st Street Short-Term Rental Permit and 22nd and a Half Street Short-Term Rental Permit.

September 1: an ordinance reducing the Oceanfront Resort Short Term Rental Overlay District was deferred indefinitely by consent, 11-0, after the Planning Commission's August 12 recommendation.
September 15: Council adopted a resolution (consent, 10-0) referring an amendment to reduce the overlay district back to the Planning Commission, which must report within 30 days. See also Resort Area Short-Term Rental Permits and Short-Term Rental Parking Requirements.

About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-14 - Planning Commission	4

2026-10-14 - Planning Commission — Withdrawal noted at the informal session and approved 10-0 in the formal session; commissioner described council's request to shrink the map.
2026-10-06 - City Council — Council approved withdrawing the planning commission referral on the consent agenda, 10-0.
2026-09-15 - 2026-09-15 - City Council: Resolution referring a reduction of the Oceanfront Resort overlay to the Planning Commission adopted by consent, 10-0; report due within 30 days.
2026-09-01 - 2026-09-01 - City Council: Ordinance reducing the overlay deferred indefinitely by consent, 11-0.