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Home My WebLink AboutHEARING Short Term Rentals Presentation (0002) 1 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 1 3/17/2025 2 Mission Statement - "To preserve and enhance the quality of life in Jefferson County by promoting a vibrant economy, sound communities, and a healthy environment." Outreach conducted Workshops PC meetings 2) BoCC and Staff Outreach / Topics Covered Why now, why at all? Current Regulations Permits without Structures, Permits with Structures 4) BoCC 3/7/2025 Question(s) 5) PC Deliberations 6) DCD Draft Presentation Overview 3/17/2025 2 Workshops in each BoCC District – March 12, 13 & 14, 2024 PC meetings – May 15, July 3 & 17, Dec. 4, 2024 and February 5 & 19, 2025 3 Outreach Overview District #1 workshop – March 12, 2024 Press Releases 3/17/2025 3 4 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 3/17/2025 4 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 1st 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? 3/17/2025 5 6 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 3/17/2025 6 7 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 What is it? - This applies to rentals with and w/o structures. 3/17/2025 7 8 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) 3/17/2025 8 9 Short Term rentals, transient accommodations, HIP Camp, Glamping, Airbnb, Vrbo, hospitality accommodations, home sharing, FlipKey, HomeAway AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative – Type I) 3/17/2025 9 10 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) 3/17/2025 10 Port Ludlow – Master Planned Resort (Allowed in MPR-RC/CF) 11 AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative – Type I) 3/17/2025 11 Port Hadlock UGA– Allowed in UC, VOC, ULDR, UMDR, UHDR 12 See, JCC 18.18.040 Use tables AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative – Type I) 3/17/2025 12 Port Hadlock UGA– Allowed in UC, VOC, ULDR, UMDR, UHDR 13 See, JCC 18.18.040 Use tables AGENDA Item 2d / Structure = (Administrative – Type I) 3/17/2025 13 14 Jefferson County Short Term Rentals BoCC Questions Regulatory outcomes in the literature 14 3/17/2025 15 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.” 3/17/2025 15 16 Jefferson County Short Term Rentals PC Deliberations 16 3/17/2025 – a discussion about geography 17 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 17 – a discussion about enforcement 18 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 18 – a discussion about units occupied by homeowner versus in the near vicinity 19 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 19 – a discussion about caps 20 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 20 – a discussion about numbers of persons 21 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 21 – a discussion about community benefits 22 Policy Approaches Agenda Item 3 3/17/2025 22 DCD Overview 23 23 3/17/2025