Supporters of short-term rentals and the homeowners who object to them are likely to have a long wait before an ordinance can be crafted and ultimately adopted after navigating a lengthy review process involving community planning groups, committees at City Hall, the planning commission and ultimately the full City Council.Ĭurrently in San Diego there is nothing in the municipal code that clearly defines a short-term rental, although there are regulations that govern bed and breakfasts, board-and-lodging dwellings and rooming houses.ĭuring the hearing, the largest volume of complaints about vacation rentals came from beach-area home owners, who recounted nightmarish stories of late night music and constant partying disturbing their sleep, broken bottles in the street, and profanity overheard by their young children. “…Many of you spoke of the failures, of how individuals were rowdy and noisy at times that were inappropriate, and (vacation rental owners) don’t know how to legally go about doing this, so on both sides of this we have failed.” “I’d like to make an apology to everyone on behalf of the city because we have not been doing our job.

Councilman David Alvarez apologized to the public for the city’s tardiness in addressing neighborhood concerns that have been brewing for years as the home sharing economy has grown with the advent of online rental sites like Airbnb and HomeAway.

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