Here is the latest update on vacation rental study by Clackamas County:

 

Good afternoon,

After months of delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the wildfires, the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a policy session on short-term rental regulations for 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, to review the major points of the draft regulations and set public hearings.  The tentative plan is to hold public hearings and have the Board take action before the end of 2020, with any new regulations going into effect on July 1, 2021. 

More details are in the staff report for the meeting.  You can connect to the Zoom meeting to observe and see the staff report athttps://www.clackamas.us/meetings/bcc/presentation/2020-10-13-1. 

As you may remember, the draft regulations were first created in 2019 at the request of the Board of Commissioners, in response to the increasing number of residents who use their homes for short-term or vacation rentals. The regulations include provisions for short-term rental owners to register with the county and pay a fee, and for enforcement of the regulations to be carried out by either the Sheriff’s Office or Code Enforcement, depending on the issue.

Clackamas County defines a short-term rental, or vacation rental, as a dwelling unit, or portion of a dwelling unit, that is rented to any person or entity for lodging or residential purposes, for a period of up to 30 consecutive nights.

Key components of the proposed regulations include rules regarding maximum occupancy, off-street parking, garbage pick-up, quiet hours, and fire and safety requirements.  All short-term rentals would be subject to the same regulations, except that short-term rental properties inside the Portland metropolitan urban growth boundary would be required to be the owner’s primary residence or located on the same tract as the owner's primary residence.  (The owner would not be required to be there when the short-term rental was occupied.)  Details are available online at www.clackamas.us/planning/str. 

For more information, contact Principal Planner Martha Fritzie at [email protected] or 503-742-4529.

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Ellen Rogalin, Community Relations Specialist

Clackamas County Public & Government Affairs

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