2018-09-06 Hearing Transcript - Council Initiated Bill 108, Draft 4

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JACKSON: Yeah, so everyone has to register and then those outside of a permitted zoning district, existing short-term vacation rentals outside of a permitted zoning district, also have to get the nonconforming use certificate and that certificate is renewed annually. Correct. AGUINALDO: I have a question, Chair. Do we know all the short-term vacation rentals? How do we know that these buggahs not going come and pay? Do we know? I mean, I see a lot of people here, maybe in for or against. How will we regulate that because basically we don't go on the computer on-line looking all these short-term vacation rentals? How are we really going to know that they gonna comply and pay that fee? Is there a way we going know? HALL: Like Amy Self said before, we're counting on the neighbors actually to regulate for us if you have an issue. It's complaint driven so that's how you know, and also I mean, technically you could go on line and look at all the advertisements and then you can just enter in the address that you're looking in, and you'll—all the vacation rentals in the area will pop up, you know, regardless. It might not tell you the exact address, but it's going to tell you what area it's in and, you know, you can kind of figure it out, but for the most part, yeah, it's complaint driven, so we're looking to, you know, the neighbors if there's an issue to come in and let us know. Or let the Planning Department know. AGUINALDO: Okay, thank you. Thank you. JACKSON: Okay, recommendation eight, let's see, this is a real minor one. We're just requesting that the word "permanently" be added to this section to say that the owner of a short- term vacation rental shall notify the Director when the short-term vacation rental permanently ceases to operate. Recommendation nine. So this one is on page 3 of the proposed bill. It's kind of at the top part of the bill, and the current wording says that a, "Sound generated by any machine or device that is audible at a distance of fifty feet from the machine or device producing the sound is prohibited." So, this is one of the good -neighbor policies, and it's not really clear what type of devices are prohibited in this section. For example, it seems that equipment used to maintain a rental like lawnmowers and leaf blowers would be prohibited. And, so if you look at the good - neighbor policy just above that, it says that, "sound that is audible beyond the property boundaries during non -quiet hours shall not be more excessive than would be otherwise associated with a residential use." The Director feels like that, that provision is sufficient, and so we're asking that the County Council either clarify exactly what types of machine or devices they're wanting to prohibit or completely remove that section and just rely on the provision above that. Okay, recommendation ten. We're suggesting that a sentence instructing the Director to establish and maintain a list of all short-term vacation rentals that have registered or received a nonconforming use certificate be added. Right now, the bill requires that the Director track all complaints but does not require the Director to keep an up-to-date list of active short-term vacation rentals in the County. Any questions on that one? EXHIBIT C 16