Glendale City takes up STR regulations

In its current form, the city code does not address short-term rentals explicitly. However, according to city staff, the code can be read to allow STR use in some residential areas. Hotel or motel code definitions are not broad enough to include short-term rental activity.

"In other words, if we were to say you can't have a vacation rental in Glendale, it's not a winning argument because of the language in the code," said City Atty. Michael Garcia at the meeting last week....


"This is an enforcement nightmare, no matter which way we go," said Mayor Paula Devine.

In the end, City Council did not opt for outreach, further study, tax enforcement or any move to ban or regulate short-term rentals in Glendale.

"The Current action on short-term rentals is too messy. It's just going to lead to a large number of problems," said Councilman Zareh Sinanyan. "We're going to have to deal with it somehow until there comes a point where this whole thing is systematized and better monitored, but I don't think at this point we have a handle on it."