The Dalles Planning Commission approved a recommendation to City Council to remove the current Bed and Breakfast and Vacation Rental permit from the land use section of municipal code to set the stage for introducing a Short Term Rental license into the code’s business section, which oversees Transient Room Taxes.  Community Development Department Planning Tech Joshua Chandler told the Commission that the Council would not actually act on the recommendation until language for STR licenses is prepared for consideration.  He noted 16 of the 21 STR’s currently permitted in The Dalles were processed since September.  The current permit is handled through an administrative action, is good for five years, and is free even though it takes nearly ten hours of staff time to process.  Chandler said the City Council will probably address the issue later this summer.  There was some testimony questioning making the recommendation before the new language is finished.