Short-Term Rental Housing Resources

Short-Term Rental Housing Resources

Florence, Oregon

This page is intended to provide information on the City of Florence's Short-Term Rental (STR) Housing regulations and past & upcoming meetings.

The City has been working on creating business license regulations for the operation of STRs within Florence City limits. This page includes a table of City meetings and work session on this topic, meeting materials provided at each of those meetings, and links to other City documents used to help inform work on this topic.

To learn about the City of Florence's housing efforts, click HERE.

To learn about the Florence Housing Implementation Plan (HIP), click HERE.

What is a STR?

Short-term rentals (STR) are residential units or a portion of a residential unit that is typically rented for 30 days or less as transient lodging accommodations. These are listings such as Airbnb, VRBO, Holiday Letting, etc.

Short-term rentals are not long-term rentals rented on a month-to-month basis or residential rentals used for traveling health care workers in the community on a standard 13 week contract.

Cities and jurisdictions have differing Short-term rentals definitions. Currently Oregon does not have a standard, statewide definition. Florence City Code defines STRs in Title 3, Chapter 7 as:

"A house, duplex, multi-plex, apartment, condominium, houseboat, trailer or other residential dwelling unit where a person rents a guest bedroom or the entire residential dwelling unit for transient lodging occupancy. Generally, a short-term rental is zoned residential or has a building occupancy that only allows for residential use."

STR Regulations in Florence

The City is currently working on adopting regulations for STRs within City limits. Currently the City has 2 requirements for STRs.

STRs are required to have a City business license.
- Learn more about City business licenses HERE
An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is not permitted to be used as a STR.
- This is in accordance with FCC 10-10-6-C
- Learn more about ADUs HERE

Short-Term Rental Meetings
Date	Topics	Meeting Link
March 1, 2023	STR sub-committee recommendations to the HIP Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAT)	HIP SAT
March 28, 2023	Review of work on STR Review of sub-committee recommendations Good Neighbor Guideline examples Fire & Life Safety checklist examples	Planning Commission Work Session
Jan. 9, 2024	Review of sub-committee recommendations Comparison of other cities regulations, applications, and polies & procedures	Planning Commission Work Session
June 13, 2024	Review of work on STR Review of sub-committee recommendations Discussion of registration and enforcement software	City Council Work Session
Sept. 12, 2024	Review and discussion of draft Code for STR business license regulation. Draft for creation of new Title 3, Chapter 13.	City Council Work Session
TBD	Public input session	City Council