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Home My WebLink AboutEmail from Dan Raner - Short Term Rentals Menchaca, Clarissa From: Bennett, Robin Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 10;40 AM To: Snyder, Ashley Co: Menchaca, Clarissa; McCracken, Shari Subject: FW: Short Term Rental Draft Questions Attachments: inoogeO01jpg FYI, BOS email correspondence from Dan Raner, RE Short-term Rental draft/public comment for your records. �� ~°.=~ geo-e"~' Lk-ecu/in~.11aain/u/x (530) 872-6304r6mnou//&o6u//r«ounty.ne/ //u//, Cmuurr:s/Yyen`im*r`a Office �nyvw��xorDoi yz 7oowr, HvwrJm[5/ ,,rriaom, @i /rio,J 747 Howl 1'mrudimo, C4 939'0 From: dan@ferestramchznm <dan@fonestranch.comn> Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 1:14 PM To: Breedon, Dan <DBreedom@buttecoumty.net> Cc: Kirk, Maureen <MKirk@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; BOS District 4 <District4@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill<BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Wahl, Larry<LWahl@buttecounty.net>; |c8rundmanm@8mai1.corn;jacquechase@8nooi|.com; rockdomati@ao|zom; F]oho7I79@ao|.com Subject: RE: Short Term Rental Draft Questions Hello Mr. Breedon, Thank you for your reply to my questions in June. I will be unable to attend the Planning Meeting on August 9th. We have a long planned family vacation that week. I hope my written concerns will be equally considered as would be a public meeting comment You mentioned that the Planning Commission may not schedule another"in-put" meeting after August 9th. You also mentioned a Planning Meeting in September and a Board of Supervisors Meeting in October. Does that mean that the current draft on Short Term Rentals will become a Final Document to be voted Up or Down at the September and October meetings? I do believe that the current Butte draft on STR is out of the norm when compared to most all other California counties SIR policies. Commercial Activities have always been restricted to certain Zones, especially businesses that are entirely dependent on customers arriving at the property....like motels and STR. The premise statement from the Planning staff that SIR should be an "option"to all property owners presupposes STR throughout tho*ndveooum1y. Doesn't the CARR FlRE give pause to the Planning Commission in allowing hundreds of customers to travel to the foothills for Short Term Rental options? Many STR in the foothills will be on Private Gravel Roads with dry weeds and little or no water access. As a former High School Principal and County Schools Assistant Superintendent I fully understand1hwdiffiou|1ymndnaoponoibiUi1yin drafting and enforcing policies I hope you will not rely too much on the handful of public meeting comments from parties who have a clear financial interest in STR. I believe there are thousands of property owners who have not come across the fine print announcements of this complex issue, Bed and Breakfast, Room Rentals, and Home Rentals are very different issues. One policy does not fit all. Sincerely, From: "Breedun, Dam" <[}Breedol@b4ttecountyLDet> Sent: WednesdayJune 27, 2018 5:14 PM To: '\janforestnsnch.com" <dam(afomest,anch.corn> Subject: RE: Short Term Rental Draft Questions Hello Dan, thank you for your email and questions. I have provided responses below your questions in your email. I encourage you to attend the August 9, 2018 Public Workshop at the Planning Commission as discussed below. More information on the County's Draft STR Ordinance process is available online here: https://vvvvw/.buttecoumty.met/dds/P[annimg/Nntab[eProiects/ShVrtTernnRentals.aspx Feel free to call or email should you have any further questions or follow-up Best, Dan Breedon, AICP, Principal Planner Butte County Department of Development Services 7 Count Center Drive Oroville CA 95965 T: 530.552.3682 (direcd or 530-538-7601 (main) Twitter FacebookJYouTobe I Join DOS Email List �J =-----'------'— ATTENTION: THIS IS NEW PHONE NUMBER. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RECORDS From:dan@fo/estranch.com «dan@fVrestranchznm> Sent: Wednesday,June 27, 2018 3:24 PM To: Breedon, Dan «DBreedoO.° buttecount .net> Subject:Short Term Rental Draft Questions Mr. Breedon, My name is Dan Raner and I live in Forest Ranch. I have written several letters and had phone conversations with County Supervisors, Pete Caiarco, Tim Snelling's, and Chuck Thistiewaite regarding STR. I live on a section of AJ Stohr Road with ten parcels of about five acres each. We are all subject to a Private Road Agreement and Shared Well Agreements. One of our parcel owners began advertising and renting out his home as a STR 2016. All the other nine parcel owners objected and, at the urging of Pete Calarco,we held a Neighborhood Meeting in 2017. I and others sent our objections to the Board of Supervisors and the Administrative staff. We requested that STR be prohibited on Private Roads, especially in the foothills due to fire danger. The older section of AJ Stohr Road with about 20 parcels has a Home Owner's Agreement in all deeds that prohibits any rentals. I wathedtheBomrdMoedngofFobrumry13.2818. whemotherowoafurtherpub|icin-puL At the request of Supervisor Kirk I had sent each Board member a research packet of about a dozen different counties and cities in northern California that prohibit STR in certain zones and carve-outs. 2 I was pleased to hear Supervisor Teeter say in the February 13th meeting that there ar 'carve-outs'in the Sonoma County plan. He mentioned letters from Butte County residents who object to STR in certain areas due to"fire danger, fire hydrants, private roads, shared wells,..and the rural character of certain neighborhoods" as per the General Plan guidelines. I was not pleased to hear certain Board members and STR owners at the meeting refer to people who object to STR as NIMBYs and Curmudgeons and Anti-Business. I suspect that if the County polled all the home owners in residential neighborhoods and asked if they would object to having over 100 un-vetted motel customers a year living and partying next door._the County would probably hear a loud response...especially if these customers were traveling over a private road and using shared well water. If only 1-2 of these customers with low-riding cars caused a spark and started a fire_who would be responsible? I've read the draft document on STR for Butte County. It appears to have no carve-outs and STR will be allowed in every part of our county. Is this accurate? This is correct, we have not proposed any areas of the County where the ordinance would not apply. This is something that could be considered during the workshop process at the Planning Commission, but it did not come up at the last workshop. There will be time at the August 9, 2018 Public Workshop for members of the public to address the Planning Commission directly regarding concerns and improvements to the draft ordinance. Among other objections with the draft,...the 300 ft. "Notification" requirement would not apply to our situation. No home is within 300 ft. so no neighbor would know about it. HmwaUoutnmUfivaWonuftho4'8oi0000tnoighboro. nmOand|onnofdistamoo? The 300 ft. notification requirement will be measured from the property line and it does not depend on the location of the dwelling. Any property owner within 300 feet of the property where the STR is located will receive a notification. If neighbors are notified and they object...would their objections have any effect on the permit approval? Are all permit applications approved regardless of neighbors'concerns? Notification of the STR will only take place after the Administrative Permit is issued. The Administrative Permit is not a discretionary decisionmaking process. When applied for, as long as the proposed SIR complies with all of the standards and requirements contained in the ordinance it would be issued. Finally, I would like to know the adoption process and timelines. Will there be several public"readings"of the final draft before voting? And when will the final draft be completed and when do you anticipate the voting? At this point, the next public workshop is scheduled for August 9, 2018, 9:00 am, at 25 County Center Drive, Oroville. It will be up to the Planning Commission as to whether they hold another Public Workshop after this one. If they choose not to hold another public workshop it is likely it would be scheduled for a public hearing at the Planning Commission in September, and then on to a public hearing at the Board of Supervisors in October. AteachmfthesepublichearinBstherevvi|| betinneforthepmb|ictoaddreSseachdecision-making body. Should the Board act to approve the Draft STR Ordinance, it would be effective 30 days later. Thank you for reading the concerns of nine parcel owners in Forest Ranch. DAN RANER 4751 AJ Stohr Rd, Forest Ranch 530^345-4763 3