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Four seek vacant seat on Douglas County holiday vacation rental advisory panel

Four seek vacant seat on Douglas County holiday vacation rental advisory panel

STATELINE, Nev. — For the 2nd time in two weeks, the Holiday Household Rental Advisory Committee will be on commissioners’ agenda, this time to fill a vacancy on the panel.

Original committee member Michael Sloan resigned following the committee finished its revisions to the ordinance that is now less than revision by the county.

4 Lake Tahoe people are up for the emptiness, including VHR permit holders Dreu Murin and Glen Wolfson. Applicant Ken Burrows is a previous permit holder and Heidi Gunter is a residence manager for several renters.



Wolfson sits on the Zephyr Cove Typical Advancement District.

In the meantime, Douglas lawyers are sifting by way of the alterations proposed for the ordinance following a six-hour assembly at the Hard Rock Lodge & On line casino on April 10.



Douglas County has been wrangling with regulating vacation dwelling rentals for five decades. Tahoe citizens have rented their residences to vacationers for a long time, but the introduction of booking solutions this kind of as AirBnB eased the method for homeowners, nevertheless not their neighbors.

County commissioners voted to reduce a proposed 5-tier process and retain the current three-tier program.

“I really don’t see where by the tier method is damaged,” Fee Chairman Mark Gardner reported. “If we adjust it we get into a good deal of weeds.”

Commissioner Wes Rice agreed, stating the permit method should not need anyone to hire an legal professional.

“I dwell correct all-around the corner from 1 of the far more notorious celebration residences,” Rice said. “Since they shed the ability to be a Tier 3, above the last eight months we’ve experienced not a person dilemma.”

For occupancy, commissioners appeared to favor reserving the in addition two possibility for those 18 and more youthful for households.

A controversial part is the allowance of up to 50 folks be at a holiday rental through the working day. The operator of an deal with on Tina Court docket claimed they no for a longer period market weddings and functions.

A compromise to lessen the daytime quantity to double the advertised nighttime occupants.

Density of family vacation residence rentals has been contentious, and commissioners favored the advisory committee’s first 15 % for both equally one and multi-household homes and 40% at Tahoe Village.

With the exception of Commissioner Walt Nowosad, who explained he’d like to see holiday vacation property rentals minimized as people drop out of the plan.

Previous 7 days there ended up 535 holiday house rentals in Tahoe Township, under the cap of 600.

Committee chairwoman Mickie Hempler expressed a need to ultimately customize densities for specific neighborhoods, but felt she was out of time. Gardner agreed with that system and proposed that be one thing the advisory panel deal with next.

The revised ordinance is envisioned to return to county commissioners for a initially studying on May well 2 and for adoption on June 6, two days shy of the two-calendar year anniversary of its first approval.