A BAN on short-term rentals is being considered in Stanton (Shutterstock).

The Stanton Planning Commission will again take on the issue of whether short-term rentals of private homes should be legal within city limits.

At the September 18 meeting of the commission, the panel continued to the next meeting consideration of a zoning code amendment to prohibit short-term rentals throughout Stanton along with bed and breakfast establishments in residential and mixed-use overlay zones.

After the public hearing, the commission asked that staff return with a resolution recommending denial of the proposal.

Arguments cited by members of the commission included denying residents from earning revenue for themselves and to operate small businesses and regulation of short-term rentals was better than prohibition.

However, city staff argue that residents have reported negative impacts to surrounding residents, including parking problems, noise and other “nuisance activity.”

Some neighboring cities – such as Anaheim and Garden Grove – have banned such businesses, not only because of reported nuisances but because they may attract customers from established commercial hotels, which provide substantial tax revenue to municipal coffers.

The meeting will take place in Stanton City Hall at 6:30 p.m.