2020 Docket Enabling Ordinance (2)

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2020 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 15, 2020 Page 9 The Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on December 2, 2020, and approved the request as presented and amended based on the Planning Commission recommendation by a 3-0 vote, finding that: I. The Planning Commission recommended approval to the Board of County Commissioners with a vote of 3-1. II. No public testimony for this proposal was received. III. The change meets the Growth Management Act and the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. 20-11 Kittitas County Proposal: Authorize Fire & Life Safety Inspections for Short-Term Rentals. The proposed amendment to KCC 20.05 would authorize Fire and Life Safety inspections for Short-Term Rentals. Short-term rentals are defined by RCW 64.37.010 as follows: (9)(a) "Short-term rental" means a lodging use, that is not a hotel or motel or bed and breakfast, in which a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is offered or provided to a guest by a short-term rental operator for a fee for fewer than thirty consecutive nights. (b) "Short-term rental" does not include any of the following: (i) A dwelling unit that is occupied by the owner for at least six months during the calendar year and in which fewer than three rooms are rented at any time; (ii) A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is used by the same person for thirty or more consecutive nights; or (iii) A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is operated by an organization or government entity that is registered as a charitable organization with the secretary of state, state of Washington, or is classified by the federal internal revenue service as a public charity or a private foundation, and provides temporary housing to individuals who are being treated for trauma, injury, or disease, or their family members. The Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on December 2, 2020 and denied the request as presented based on the Planning Commission recommendation by a 3-0 vote, with the request that staff form a committee of fire community members and short-term rental stakeholders, to develop a plan to bring this proposed amendment into code, finding that: I. The Planning Commission recommended denial to the Board of County Commissioners with a vote of 4-0. II. No public testimony for this proposal was received. SECTION III - FINAL DECISION AND SIGNATURES BE IT ORDAINED that the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners, after due deliberation, hereby approves amendments to KCC 17.08.500 and 17.15 to amend the definition of “Special Care Dwellings” to include park model trailers, and provide standards for park model trailers in special care dwelling uses, as shown in Exhibit A.