I’m not joyous, I know there are people who will lose income, but I am relieved.” “Our council decided not to compromise and voted in favor of the citizens. “It came down to people with second homes or third homes who want to make money off Windsor and those of us who want to make a life here,” said Mills. “I don’t think its fair to limit the number of days I can use my home for an STR based on a number pulled out of thin air,” the 33-year Windsor resident said.īut for people like Barbara Mills, who saw the issue as one that placed the interests of out-of-town investors against Windsor residents who want to preserve their neighborhoods, the council’s decision was the only right one. In those cases, under the new ordinance, homeowners would be allowed to rent out their properties for fewer than 30 days at a time - up to a total of 60 days a year.įor Austin, who is among that group, the decision still sat poorly. The council did make something of an exception for homeowners who can prove that their property is their primary home. “I don’t feel we’re going to just sit by and watch this happen,” said Barbara Austin, a Windsor resident who rents her home out for short stints when she travels. Those owners said they were leaning toward legal action. In Windsor, the council granted owners of existing short-term rentals a two-year grace period so they could figure out what to do with their properties. The council’s vote effectively froze for now at 171 the number of short-term rentals allowed in the county’s largest city. Windsor has about 108 short-term rentals with business licenses, town officials said.Ĭouncil’s vote came a day after Santa Rosa’s City Council limited the number of short-term rentals an operator can own but said existing operators with more than one property will be allowed to remain in business under prior rules. Wednesday’s 4-1 vote was the result of a monthslong process during which the council repeatedly reversed course on the issue. Hosted rentals remain a permitted use in Windsor and non-hosted rentals are still allowed in commercial and mixed-use zones. Non-hosted short-term rentals are sites that are rented for fewer than 30 days and the owner is not present while the guest is there. Windsor’s Town Council voted Wednesday to ban non-hosted short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods - a move that short-term rental owners said they may challenge in court.
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