The Planning Commission on Wednesday defied the City Council's request to recommend a permanent ban on "micro units" saying they provide a valuable niche in Santa Monica's housing market.

Instead, the Commission voted 5 to 1 to recommend that the Council extend for one year the emergency ordinance setting standards for market-rate Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units it approved last month.

It also recommended that the extended ordinance require that the SRO units -- which range from 220 to 373 square feet -- be rented for at least one year to "natural persons" and not corporations.

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