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Jefferson County
Short Term Rentals
Overview of Outreach &
Planning Commission
Recommendation
March 17, 2025
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Heidi Eisenhour, Chair
Greg Brotherton & Heather Dudley-Nollette,
Commissioners
Presenter:
Brent A. Butler, AICP, Chief Strategy Officer
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Mission Statement -"To preserve and enhance the quality of life in Jefferson County
by promoting a vibrant economy, sound communities, and a healthy environment."
1)Outreach conducted
a)Workshops
b)PC meetings
2) BoCC and Staff Outreach / Topics Covered
a)Why now, why at all?
b)Current Regulations
c)Permits without Structures,
d)Permits with Structures
4) BoCC 3/7/2025 Question(s)
5) PC Deliberations
6) DCD Draft
Presentation Overview
a)Workshops in each BoCC District –March 12, 13 & 14, 2024
b)PC meetings –May 15, July 3 & 17, Dec. 4, 2024 and February 5 & 19, 2025
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Outreach Overview
District #1 workshop –March 12, 2024
Press Releases
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Mission Statement
"To preserve and enhance the quality of life in Jefferson County by promoting a vibrant
economy, sound communities, and a healthy environment."
Agenda Item 2a -Why now? Why at all?
Contribution to Jefferson County’s affordability crisis
Community
Impacts
(see, MRSC
article Impacts to neighbors (e.g., Marrowstone Island)
Workforce Housing Impacts
Market Snapshot Highlights
2023 4th qtr. Affordability Range (123.4-31.8)Least Affordable = San Juan Island (31.8)Most Affordable = Lincoln (123.4)4th qtr. 2023 (43.2 = Jefferson County -2nd least affordable)
4th qtr. 2024 Affordability Range (87.6 –31.1)(WA 1 st time Buyer HAI = 46, Jefferson = 40.8(now = King –38.3, Kittitas –37.2, San Juan-31.1, Whatcom –36.4)
Source: Washington Center for Real Estate Research, see, https://wcrer.be.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/11/Housing-Market-Snapshot-Q3-2023.pdf 5
Agenda Item 2a -Why now? Why at all?
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Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo , hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway
Agenda Item 2a: Why now? Why at all?
Community Issues
Rentals with and w/o structures
Lodging and
Sales Tax
Life Safety
Surrounding
Neighborhood
Impacts
CUP or Performance Standards
Life -safety inspection
WA Voluntary Collection Agreement
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Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo , hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway
Agenda Item 2b: Current Regulations
2) Approaches
Structure = Short Term Rental (Administrative –Type I)
No Structure = Conditional Use Permit –Type II
Definitions & Applicability
1)What is it? -This applies to rentals with and
w/o structures.
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Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo , hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway
Agenda Item 2c -NO Structure = Short Term Rental (Administrative –Type II)
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Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo , hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway
AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative –Type I)
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Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo , hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway
Agenda Item 2d / Structure = Short Term Rental (Administrative –Type I)
Port Ludlow –Master Planned Resort (Allowed in MPR-RC/CF)
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AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative –Type I)
Port Hadlock UGA–Allowed in UC, VOC, ULDR, UMDR, UHDR
12See, JCC 18.18.040 Use tables
AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative –Type I)
Port Hadlock UGA–Allowed in UC, VOC, ULDR, UMDR, UHDR
13See, JCC 18.18.040 Use tables
AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative –Type I)
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Jefferson County
Short Term Rentals
BoCC Questions
Regulatory outcomes
in the literature
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BoCC Question(s)
Agenda Item 3
Literature Summary
“Local workers are among the populations most damaged by
these dynamics, particularly those who labor within the
tourism industry and related services. Such local populations
are often pushed out of the local housing market, as wages in
this industry fail to keep up with rising housing costs.”
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Jefferson County
Short Term Rentals
PC Deliberations
–a discussion about geography
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
–a discussion about enforcement
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
–a discussion about units occupied byhomeowner versus in the near vicinity
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
–a discussion about caps
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
–a discussion about numbers ofpersons
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
–a discussion about community benefits
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Policy Approaches
Agenda Item 3
DCD Overview
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