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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building <br />Item # 15 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />December 3, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Short-Term Rentals Ordinance <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Second Reading of Ordinance Amendment (OA) No. 2024-04 Repealing and <br />Reenacting in its Entirety Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(SAMC) Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals (STRs) <br />First reading November 19, 2024 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of 6-1 <br />(Mayor Amezcua dissenting) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance amending the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC) to add Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the SAMC prohibiting Short-Term <br />Rentals. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-3072 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REENACTING IN ITS <br />ENTIRETY ARTICLE XXI TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br />PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the November 19, 2024 meeting, the City Council conducted a first reading of a <br />standard ordinance repealing and reenacting in its entirety Article XXI to Chapter 8 of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) prohibiting short-term rentals (STRs), and <br />adopted enhanced fines for violations of the short-term rentals ordinance. The <br />ordinance, approved 6:1 with Mayor Amezcua dissenting, requires a second reading. <br />The ordinance continues to reaffirm and clarify that short-term rentals, as defined <br />therein, are and have not been permissible in Santa Ana. No changes to the ordinance <br />were made by the City Council; a clean copy of the ordinance for second reading is <br />attached to this report as Exhibit 1.