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Home My Public Portal AboutPublic Comment Robert McCray Darrah Johnston From: Town of Truckee, CA <webmaster@townoftruckee.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 1:38 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#: 520689 IP Address: 104.6.64.214 Submission Date: 09/02/2020 1:37 Survey Time: 23 minutes,27 seconds You have a new online form submission. Note: all answers displaying"*****"are marked as sensitive and must be viewed after your login. Name Robert McCray Email robmccray@sbcglobal.net Phone (optional) Public Comment I am a Truckee homeowner in Tahoe Donner for 25+years. My principal residency is in Truckee since 2016.Over this time I have personally observed and with my family and neighbors suffered due to the growth of short term rentals from a moderate source of supplemental income for second home owners where renting and non-renting neighbors looked after each other to a high growth industry and investor oriented business in which renting owner benefit financially at the expense of non-renting owners of vacation and primary homes. I support the proposed ordinance and suggest the following improvements: 1.Should the Town decide not to enforce the regulations against a specific priorities, provide affected neighbors the right of private enforcement.One alternative would be to require the STIR to obtain a special use permit for continuing the business, including notice to affected owners and a hearing. 2.With respect to nuisance rules,clarify the intent the the ordinance states MINIMUM standards and that STRs must abide more restrictive obligations that may be imposed by deed or covenant. 3. In the interest of restricting light pollution and impact on neighbors, require outdoor lights to be down facing,to not shine off the property and other than modest safety lighting,turned off no later than 10 PM.4. Restrict the operation of commercial STRs by defining the line between STIR as a permitted nonconforming use in a residential neighborhood and the development or operation of what are effectively hotel-houses. 5. Limit permitted occupancy to 2 persons per bedroom and ENFORCE the bedroom requirement to prohibit the"conversion"of non-bedroom spaces through the addition of beds in open areas of a house.6. For the benefit of local workers and neighborhoods,consider repurposing a portion of the TOT revenues to incentivise second home owners who convert their STIR rentals to long term renting. 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