County to mull temporary suspension of short-term rentals
County purchases land in lone Pine for housing development
The Inyo County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting this morning is set to consider an interim ordinance temporarily suspending new shortterm rentals of residential units in all land use designations within the unincorporated area of the county.
County staff updated supervisors last month on the status of short-term rentals in the unincorporated area of the county and presented the board with several options relating to ongoing management of new short-term rental applications in light of the county’s ongoing housing shortage.
County staff notes that amongst the options presented was approval of new areas designated for short-term rentals, based on cannabis license areas and other criteria, which included a comparison of existing housing units to the number of short-term rentals by area.
Area 4, as staff presented, included Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills and had the highest concentration of short-term rental permits at 5%.
The remaining three areas had percentages lower than the county’s overall percentage of 1.9%.
Rather than adopt the areas as presented, the board directed staff to return with the adjusted areas as well as make
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