Sonoma County Municipal Code Art. 79 X Vacation Rental Exclusion and Cap Combining District

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 6386, § VI(Exh. B), adopted Aug. 2, 2022, repealed the former Art. 79 and enacted a new article as set out herein. The former Art. 79, §§ 26-79-005, 26-79-010, pertained to X Vacation Rental Exclusion Combining District and derived from Ord. No. 6145, § VII(Exh. C), adopted March 15, 2016.

The purpose of this district is to exclude or limit concentration of vacation rentals in the following areas:

(a) Areas where there is inadequate road access or off-street parking;

(b) Areas where the prevalence of vacation rentals is detrimental to the residential character of neighborhoods;

(c) Areas where the residential housing stock is to be protected from conversion to visitor-serving uses;

(d) Areas where, because of topography, access or vegetation, there is a significant fire hazard.

(e) Areas where residential character is to be preserved or preferred; and

(f) Other areas where the board of supervisors determines that it is in the public interest to prohibit the establishment and operation of vacation rentals.

(Ord. No. 6386, § VI(Exh. B), 8-2-2022)

(a) Vacation Rental Exclusion. The X district may be applied to exclude new vacation rentals.

(b) Permitted Uses. Where the X district excludes new vacation rentals, uses permitted in the base zoning district are allowed, except for a new vacation rental under Section 26-28-160.

(Ord. No. 6386, § VI(Exh. B), 8-2-2022)

(a) Vacation Rental Cap. The X district may be applied to cap vacation rentals at five percent (5%) or ten percent (10%) of the single-family dwellings in the proposed X district boundaries when the cap is imposed. Where calculation of the cap results in a fractional number, the cap is rounded down to a whole number.

(b) Permitted Uses. Where the X district caps vacation rentals, uses permitted in the base zoning district are allowed, except for a new vacation rental under Section 26-28-160 whenever the cap is met or exceeded.

(Ord. No. 6386, § VI(Exh. B), 8-2-2022)