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Introduction and first reading of ordinances amending Washoe County Code Chapter 110 (Development Code) within Article 302, Allowed Uses, to identify the types of review required for short-term rentals in each regulatory zone and to add an administrative review permit to the list of review types; within Article 304, Use Classification System, to update the residential use type description, add a definition for short-term rental, and update the definition for lodging services; within Article 410, Parking and Loading, to update the off-street parking space requirements table to include a reference to short-term rentals; and within Article 910, Enforcement, to specify that appeals of Administrative Hearing Office decisions related to short-term rentals would be heard by the Board of County Commissioners. Chapter 110 would also be amended to create Article 319, Short-Term Rentals (STRs), to establish standards, location limitations, defining unpermitted short-term rentals as nuisances, occupancy limits, parking requirements, safety/security considerations, signage, noise thresholds, trash/garbage collection rules, insurance requirements, Tahoe area considerations, permitting requirements, enforcement process, fees, fines, and penalties associated with short-term rentals; and to amend Article 306, Accessory Uses and Structures, by removing the procedural details for Administrative Review Permits, with those details being re-located into a new article that is updated to reflect minor changes related to short-term rentals. That article would be created as Article 809, Administrative Review Permits. The ordinances would also amend Chapter 50 (Public Peace, Safety and Morals) to include a definition of short-term rental and define unpermitted short-term rentals as a public nuisance; and amend Chapter 125 (Administrative Enforcement Code) to establish enforcement provisions related to short-term rentals, including but not limited to definitions, inspections, evidence ...
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