Coastal Commission targets Hermosa Beach short term vacation rental ban
by Kevin Cody In 2016, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach city councils banned short term vacation rentals (STVRs) in residential neighborhoods. Both cities subsequently were sued by residential property owners with short term rentals in the coastal zone, where most of the cities’ hundreds of STVRs are located. The coastal zone extends 1,000 feet inland from the mean high tide. In Manhattan Beach, the coastal zone includes El Porto and most of the town west of Ardmore Avenue. Hermosa’s coastal zone also includes most of the town west of Ardmore Avenue Plaintiffs who sued the two cities contended the STVR bans were illegal because they were imposed without approval of the Coastal Commission Manhattan Beach lost in Superior Court and appeals court and tried unsuccessfully to take its case to the California Supreme Court. It no longer bans STVRs in the coastal zone, though the ban remains in effect throughout the rest of the city’s residential neighborhoods. Hermosa prevailed in its case at the appellate level and continues to ban STVRs in its coastal zone, as well in its other residential neighborhoods. Why the neighboring beachfront cities, which are similar in size and…
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