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Hi Greg,
As summer clicks on and increased traffic persists from our local
AirBNB, we are hoping to get an update on unpermitted STR enforcement.
We would think that the permits/inspections required would be income
generating and the county would like to react to time already spent for
over a year to set up the regulations.
Thank you kindly,
Deborah and Kim Cote
400 Jefferson Ave, Port Ludlow
360-681-3370
On 2025-06-16 06:13, Greg Brotherton wrote:
> Thanks for the note, Deborah and Kim. I did get your note. Sometimes
> that "undeliverable" message goes out even as the note gets delivered,
> sorry. I'll follow up with DCD and get info on contact with the STR
> platforms and get back to you this week,
>
> Greg Brotherton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dgkccote@inbox.com <dgkccote@inbox.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 10:56 AM
> To: Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>
> Subject: STR Request
>
> ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do
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>
> To: Heather Dudley-Nollette, Greg Brotherton and Heidi Eisenhour:
>
> Thank you in advance for addressing this concern. I am writing today
> in regards to the Jefferson County short term rental permitting laws,
> mainly to address enforcement of those regulations. As summer is upon
> us, short term renters are in and out once again. My husband and I
> have attended several meetings and written letters since the onset of
> the short term rental discussions. It was noted that Jefferson County
> intended to contact AirBNB to notify them of the fact that short term
> rentals now require a Jefferson County permit. We are hoping that
> AirBNB's commitment to disallowing short term rental offerings from
> their website if they do not post the required Jefferson County permit
> number will hold true and that they will act expediently to this issue.
> Hopefully VRBO will have the same process and commitment.
>
> Has Jefferson County notified AirBNB and VRBO so that the process may
> begin?
>
> We have an unpermitted short term rental as our "neighbor" owned by an
> out of state investor, which continues to directly impact our
> neighborhood in a negative way. We are encouraged that Jefferson
> County would take this step forward to impose enforcement of its
> regulations.
> We are grateful to you for taking the time to review this process and
> reacting to it.
>
> If there is anything we can do to expedite this request, please inform
> us.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deborah and Kim Cote
> 400 Jefferson Ave, Port Ludlow, WA
> 360-681-3370
>
> P.S. - Are you aware that the "jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us" and
> "GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us" are still returning mail to those
> addresses as "undeliverable"?