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10 | August 6, 2020 | MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS NEWSmalibusurfsidenews.comMalibu Planning Commissionadds teeth to short-term rental rulesRecommendationsinclude revokingpermits forrecalcitrant ownersMICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,Staff ReporterThe Malibu PlanningCommission unanimouslyagreed to send a controversialshort-term rentalordinance back to the CityCouncil, but not beforeadding recommendationssuch as revoking permitsfor recalcitrant owners.During a special meetingJuly 29 via Zoom, thefive-member commissionreviewed proposed amendmentsto the short-termrental ordinance, which ismodeled after Santa Monica’shome-sharing andvacation-rental ordinanceallowing eligible residentsto “share” for fewer than30 days their primary residence,if the property owneror an agent stays on theproperty while it is beingrented.Back in December, thecouncil first decided to bypassapproving an interimshort-term rental ordinance,referred to as a zoning textamendment, to focus ona Local Coastal Programamendment, a legal requirementfor changing the intensityof use of properties inthe coastal zone.The coastal program processcan be long, first havingto go to the PlanningCommission, then back tothe council for approval.Eventually it would alsohave to be certified by theCalifornia Coastal Commission,a process that cityofficials said could takemore than a year.However, in June, thecouncil decided to fasttrackthe process by consideringthe ZTA at its Aug. 10meeting, while also sendingthe coastal program processback to the Planning Commission.At the July 29 meeting onthe 29th, both commissionersand speakers noted thatthe LCP doesn’t even mentionshort-term rentals, so itreally doesn’t need CoastalCommission approval. ThePlanning Commission ultimatelyagreed to bypassmaking recommendationsto the LCP, and left the decisionto pursue the matterfurther with the council.The council has alreadyidentified certain provisionsfor inclusion in anordinance that address conditionsunique to Malibu,most notably for hostingrequirements and multifamilyshort-term rentals.The council directed thatthe ordinance requires thehost to live on-site duringthe rental, but the ordinanceneed not require that thehost live within the renteddwelling unit. Regardingmulti-family short-termrentals, the council directedthat up to two dwellingunits in a multi-familybuilding can be rented on ashort-term basis without ahost provided that the otherunits are rented on a longtermbasis.Owners of rental propertiesmust be primary residentsand require applicantsto show proof of primaryresidency. It allows two unitsin a multi-family building tobe rented without a host, andprohibits off-site parking exceptin rare instances whereon-site space is limited.Assistant City AttorneyGOING RATEMalibu Sales and Leases | Week of July 24 - 30Trevor Rusin explained thatsince there is no prohibitionright now, the city can’t legallyshut down short-termrental operators but can citethem for noise and otherspecific violations.“There will be a significantdifference when anordinance comes through,”he said.Planning Director BonnieBlue added that the ordinancealso puts in placea whole new regulatoryscheme that the city doesn’thave, including that peoplewho are going to do shorttermrentals will have toget a permit that needs tobe renewed annually. Permitscan also get deniedand revoked, and finesare involved.TYPE ADDRESS LIST PRICE SALE PRICE BEDS/BATHS SOLD DATECondo 11938 Oeanaire Ln. $792,500 $786,000 2B/2B 7.28.20CondoCondoLeaseLeaseLeaseLeaseLease23901 Civic CenterWay #12623901 Civic CenterWay #12026664 Seagull Way#A12320732 Pacific CoastHwy.21332 Pacific CoastHwy.24504 Vantage PointTerrace23901 Civic CenterWay #123$725,000 $725,000 2B/2B 7.23.20$799,000 $792,000 2B/2B 7.23.20$3,400/mth $3,400/mth 1B/2B 7.27.20$70,000/mth $70,000/mth 4B/6B 7.29.20$40,000/mth $30,000/mth 4B/6B 7.29.20$18,000/mth $18,000/mth 4B/5B 7.27.20$6,500/mth $6,500/mth 4B/2B 7.27.20Lease 6169 La Gloria Dr. $9,000/mth $8,500/mth 5B/3B 7.27.20Lease 3915 Sierks Way $19,000/mth $18,500/mth 3B/3B 7.28.20LeaseLease20202 Pacific CoastHwy. #626770 Latigo ShoreDr.$5,995/mth $5,995/mth 1B/1B 7.29.20$32,500/mth $28,500/mth 4B/5B 7.27.20Manufactured Mobil Home 42 Paradise Cove Rd. $535,000 $535,000 1B/1B 7.29.20Single FamilySingle FamilySingle Family6509 WandermereRd.26600 Ocean ViewDr.4310 Encinal CanyonRd.$3,500,000 $3,200,000 5B/5B 7.28.20$1,350,000 $1,355,000 3B/2B 7.27.20$6,499,000 $6,000,000 6B/7B 7.27.20Single Family 6116 Merritt Dr. $13,750,000 $11,545,000 7B/10B 7.23.20Single Family20816 Pacific CoastHwy.$5,375,000 $5,185,000 3B/2B 7.30.20Statistics provided by Bobby LehmKuhl with The Address | Malibu Information gatheredfrom Combined L.A./Westside MLS, Inc. is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.Contact Bobby at (310) 456-0220.
malibusurfsidenews.com NEWSMALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS | August 6, 2020 | 11Longtime restaurant workerPOSTED TO malibusurfsidenews.com5DAYS AGOin Malibu dies of COVID-19BARBARA BURKE, Staff ReporterA fixture on the Malibu restaurantscene has died from CO-VID-19, according to his family.For a quarter-century, FranciscoGarcia Perez — knownaround town as Don Francisco— worked at various eateries,including Casa Escobar, Allegria,Marmalade and SunsetRestaurant, and for 16 years atCoral Beach Cantina and itsadjacent restaurant, Zooma Sushi,according to his nephew,Neymar Garcia, who spoke toMalibu Surfside News Aug. 1with help from translator andco-worker Alex Aspron.Most recently, Garcia Perezworked at Nicolas Eatery and V’sRestaurant.According to Neymar, a day aftermanagement at Nicolas Eaterytold Perez Garcia to go home becausehe was ill, he was admittedto Good Samaritan Hospital inLos Angeles.The next day, according to Neymar,“he could not hardly breatheand was immediately placed on aventilator.”That was in May.“The doctors did a tracheotomyand tried to save him, but he diedof COVID-19 on July 20.”Aspron, who worked at ZoomaSushi as a hostess for years alongsidePerez Garcia, remembershow hard-working he was andhow he was a team player, helpingcoworkers in every way.“He could fill most any positionat the restaurants and he alwayshad a smile and was a gentlesoul,” Aspron said. “He workedsix long days a week at ZoomaSushi for years and years. He wasalways working so hard.”Nicolas Fanucci, proprietorof Nicolas Restaurant, told Surfsidehe sent Perez Garcia homebecause he was not feeling wellone evening right after Mother’sDay. “And I immediately calledour doctor to inform him of hisillness.”“All of our employees weretested for COVID-19 and allthe results were negative,” saidFanucci. “We, of course, did athorough deep cleaning as we dofour times a week to prevent CO-VID-19.”Fanucci said he is extremelysaddened by the loss of PerezGarcia, who he understood hadsome health issues.“He was an amazing man andalways working very hard and V(owner Vassil Pertchinkov) and Ispoke when he got sick,” Fanuccisaid. “Francisco was introducedto me by one of the persons at V’sbecause he was incredible … wewill miss him very much.”Perez Garcia is survived by 11children and many extended familymembers, both in Los Angelesand in his native Guatemala. Privateservices were held July 25.Service announcement forFrancisco Garcia Perez, aka DonFrancisco. SUBMITTED PHOTOWhy wait for the print version of ouraward-winning coverage? Subscribeto Malibu Surfside News for onlineaccess to stories like this along withnews as it happens on our websitemalibusurfsidenews.com.POSTED TO malibusurfsidenews.com DAYS AGOElected officials warming to Zoom meetings2MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,Staff ReporterIt may be some time beforein-person public meetingscan resume as the pandemiccontinues, so whatcan city officials do to makethe Zoom video conferenceexperience go smoother?That topic was discussedduring the Malibu PlanningCommission meeting Aug.3 — held via Zoom.Saying the platform hasbecome the “new normal”and not just a “stop-gapmeasure,” Malibu residentKraig Hill suggested duringpublic comment thatthe city should look intoways that speakers can donatetheir minutes to otherspeakers, and find ways tocall on experts if clarificationis needed on issues.Using the “raised hand”function on Zoom, or havingspeakers vetted at thebeginning of meetings, wereamong the suggestions.Planning CommissionerChris Marx said there wasactually a lot of confusionduring the Planning Commission’srecent specialmeeting on short-term rentals.He said people dialingin to speak just couldn’tget connected and a goodportion of valuable publiccomment got blockedbecause of technical problems.“The parallel in cityhall would be if your carbroke down on the wayto city hall, you are kindof screwed,” he said. “So,those that don’t have aworking computer are alsoscrewed, or can we somehowget a better way tomanage those that have todial in?”Having test-runs prior tothe meeting was also suggestedby Marx.Planning Chair Jeff Jenningssaid consideration fordonating time must be donefairly for both sides.Jennings added that hehas heard from applicantsand their representativesthat they are not happywith the way meetings arebeing held, but also said it’sa “learning process.”Planning Vice ChairJohn Mazza said the recentshort-term rental specialmeeting showed the commissioncan actually handleany matter now on Zoom.“I think we ought to considernot restricting whatwe hear from now on,”Mazza said. “I think wehad enough time to get (theprocess) down to where wecan hold a real meeting (onany matter).”SHORT-TERM RENTALUPDATEAn agenda is now onlinefor the interim short-termrental ordinance that theMalibu City Council willconsider on Monday.The interim ordinance,which would amend themunicipal code zoningprovisions, is the first steptoward new permitting andregulations for short-termrentals in the city.The agenda is availablethrough the Agenda Centerat https://www.malibucity.org.The interim ordinance isone of two efforts regardingshort-term rentals in thecity and would be in placewhile a permanent ordinanceis established.The Planning Commissionmade several recommendations,and the permanentordinance is scheduledto go in front of the councilin September.If approved on Monday,the interim ordinance willreturn to council on Aug.24 for second reading andfinal approval.According to the staff report,the proposed interimordinance provides for anew short-term rental permitsystem with stricter requirementsfor non-primaryresident permits and multifamilypermits. It also addsnew regulations to addressnuisance and other issues,and establishes significantpenalties for violations.The permanent measureis similar to Santa Monica’s“home-share” ordinance requiringan on-site host duringthe rental, but Malibu’sordinance doesn’t require theperson to be within the samedwelling unit as the renters.
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