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Home My Public Portal AboutPublic Comment Scott Darling Darrah Johnston From: Town of Truckee, CA <webmaster@townoftruckee.com> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:37 PM To: Truckee; Hilary Hobbs Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Public Comment Form for Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance and Permit Program Public Comment Form for Short-Term Vacation Rental Ordinance and Permit Program Submission#: 511155 IP Address: 75.111.86.248 Submission Date: 08/27/2020 8:36 Survey Time: 28 minutes, 19 seconds You have a new online form submission. Note: all answers displaying"*****"are marked as sensitive and must be viewed after your login. Name Scott Darling Email ssdarling@comcast.net Phone (optional) Public Comment I believe that the town should not require a permit for home owners that rent out their home for<14 days per year.The IRS considers a home a 2nd home for tax purposes(and not a rental) if it is rented<15 days per year.The value of this to the town is the ability of working families to actually own a second home.The ability to rent the home for up to 15 days per year provides income to help offset the operating expenses of the home which a major part is property taxes which directly benefit the town.The town already is receiving the Transient tax revenues for Short term rentals,and 2nd home home owner already pay higher rates for Public utilities even though they use the service much less(e.g. minimum monthly water charges...I totally understand and agree that if I were to rent our home>14 days a year(which we have never done)that I am basically using our home as rental property. If we rent for>30 day periods then it is considered long term rental and these rules will not apply. However,the purpose that many families have a second home is for personal use yet many families especially those with children in either private schools or in college could not afford to maintain these home without the revenue and tax breaks they receive as 2nd home owners and the offset from rental income for up to 14 days per IRS rules.The requirement to have a "local" representative also forces the majority of 2nd homeowner to basically use a local management agency that charge hefty fees and thus eat considerably into any revenue off set for those IRS qualified 2nd home owners that are only renting out the use of their home for<15 days per year. My short term renters always have my phone#and I believe that the town should be able to call the owner to resolve any issues which almost always can be solved by phone and if not a citation could then be provided. lf your comment exceeds 2000 characters, please use the attachment function below to attach your comment in a separate document. Attachment Please ensure that you enter your email address in the box below and click the SUBMIT button to receive a copy of your submitted responses for Public Comment. 1 Thank you, Town of Truckee This is an automated message generated by the Vision Content Management System'"".Please do not reply directly to this email. 2