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JEFFERSON COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
FROM: Brent A. Butler, AICP, Chief Strategy Officer
DATE: May 15, 2024
RE: Short Term Rentals Workshop Review of Community Contributions
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
On May 1, 2024, the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) provided recommendations, examples,
questions and concerns shared by community members at the March 12th - 14th workshops and
from those interested parties who submitted comments digitally or in-person. While most of
the community’s contributions were provided at the meeting, we have created a webpage with
the contributions. Go to: https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1731/22003/Short-Term-Rentals
to see them.
As a next phase, the CSO would like to discuss the contributions in a workshop format with
the goal of creating Short Term Rental (STR) focus areas, which loosely correspond to the
comments received and any others, which may have been overlooked. In conclusion, the CSO
seeks guidance on identifying next steps.
RECOMMENDATION:
At this workshop, please consider the following:
1) Subject areas. The CSO recommends that the Planning Commission break into
subgroups or work as a body of the whole to consider the subject areas identified by
the comments in the staff report and on the Short-Term Rental website. Could you
suggest core subject areas and/or confirm that these represent a good beginning of this
process? E.g., a) enforcement, b) corporate rentals, c) owner occupied rentals versus
other types, d) ideas to reduce neighborhood impacts, e) ideas to support tourism. Your
assistance in identifying omitted topics is also sought.
2) Low-hanging fruit. Are there any low-hanging fruit? By low-hanging fruit, the CSO
means that your review and consideration of comments and ideas may identify
ordinance revisions that should occur which are broadly supported by the you in your
role as a planning commissioner and the general public.
3) Public Outreach. Contribute ideas about how many more outreach events should occur
and where they should be held.