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  • Consensus Position of Carmel Valley Association, Preserve Carmel Highlands, Mal Paso Association and residents of Big Sur
    • Carmel Valley Association
      • Planning Commission Interepretation for Carmel Valley
      • Carmel Valley – STR’s as of February 2018
    • Preserve Carmel Highlands
    • Big Sur
      • Short-term Rentals and the Big Sur Coast LCP, January 2018 study by Dr. Charles Lester, Former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission
      • Important Sections of the Big Sur Land Use Plan
      • Big Sur LCP Defense Committee – County Position
      • Planning Commission – Interpretation of Applicability of Draft Ordinance to Big Sur
      • Big Sur STR LUAC Meeting 4-24-18
    • Carmel Area Land Use Plan April 1983, and Updated 1999
    • Mal Paso Creek Property Association (MPCPA)
    • Demographic, Water, Traffic, Commuting, Parking, and  Air Quality Data
  • Comparison of Consensus Position to Draft Ordinance and Staff Discussion
  • CEQA Threshold Impact Analysis
    • CEQA EIR Required? Air Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Air Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Aesthetics
    • CEQA EIR Required? Biological Resources
    • CEQA EIR Required? Utilities and Service Systems; Water Use
    • CEQA EIR Required? Transportation/Traffic
    • CEQA EIR Required? Mandatory Findings of Significance: impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
    • CEQA EIR Required? Recreation – Deterioration due to increased use of Point Lobos, etc.
    • CEQA EIR Required? Public Services – Construction needed to maintain response times
    • CEQA EIR Required? Population and Housing
    • CEQA EIR Required? Noise
    • CEQA EIR Required? Land Use and Planning – Conflict with LUP’s, Coastal Access
    • CEQA EIR Required? Hydrology and Water Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Geology and Soils
      • CEQA EIR Required? Hazards and Hazardous Materials
    • CEQA Requires Analysis of all Reasonable Alternatives – Not Just a select few that justify the Agency Position
  • Other Cities and Community Groups Opposing STR in the U.S. and Around the World
    • Communities in Monterey Opposing STR
    • Carmel-by-the-Sea: Short-Term Rentals Crackdown is Working Says City Attorney
    • City of Monterey Bans STRs
    • Capitola
    • Miami Beach, Florida
    • Monterey County Hospitality Association (MCHA)
      • Unfair Competition with Hotels, Motels, B&B’s and other Licensed Lodging
    • Monterey Dunes Homeowners Association
    • Pacific Grove
    • Palm Springs, California
    • Santa Cruz
      • Santa Cruz Vacation Rental Limits OK’d by Coastal Commission
    • San Diego, California
    • West Hollywood Ordinance
  • Seaside, CA
  • Enforcement Updated
  • Consensus Position Participants
  • Appendix of Linked Documents
  • Legal Matters
    • Limits on Coastal Commission Authority
    • Johnston vs. Hermosa Beach – STR’s are not a residential use, and no Constitutional Vested Right for Prior Illegal use
    • Court Holding Not a Residential Use – Ewing vs. City of Carmel
    • Santa Cruz Vacation Rental Limits OK’d by Coastal Commission
    • Important Legal Cases
    • Response to Record Acts Request
    • Critical Chart Summarizing Limits to Visitor Serving Units in Carmel Highlands and Nearby Areas
    • Visitor Serving Units
    • No Vested Right to do STR’s if Prior Use was Illegal
    • Advertising of Illegal Rentals Can be Banned
    • Public Records Act Requests and Conflict of Interest Rules
    • Home Rentals: Hiding True Ownership
    • Title 20 (Coastal) and Title 21 (Inland)
    • Pro-STR/AirBnB Tactics
  • Enforcement
    • Write the Board of Supervisors About Enforcement
    • Pro-STR/AirBnB Tactics
    • Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle
  • Other Places and Groups Around the Monterey Peninsula
  • Transfer – Hotel
  • STR Growth Rates
  • Court Holding STR Not a Residential Use Nanaimo (Regional District) v. Saccomani
  • Document Storage
  • Vancouver, Canada
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CEQA Requires Analysis of all Reasonable Alternatives – Not Just a select few that justify the Agency Position

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Start over, judge tells Monterey County in Rancho Cañada Village lawsuit. | News | montereycountywee

 

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Contents:

  • Home
  • Consensus Position of Carmel Valley Association, Preserve Carmel Highlands, Mal Paso Association and residents of Big Sur
  • Comparison of Consensus Position to Draft Ordinance and Staff Discussion
    • Consensus Position Participants
      • Carmel Valley Association
      • Preserve Carmel Highlands
      • Big Sur
        • Important Sections of the Big Sur Land Use Plan
        • Short-term Rentals and the Big Sur Coast LCP, January 2018 study by Dr. Charles Lester, Former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission
        • Planning Commission – Interpretation of Applicability of Draft Ordinance to Big Sur
      • Mal Paso Creek Property Association (MPCPA)
  • Other Places and Groups Around the Monterey Peninsula
    • Carmel-by-the-Sea: Short-Term Rentals Crackdown is Working Says City Attorney
    • City of Monterey Bans STRs
    • Seaside, CA
    • Monterey County Hospitality Association (MCHA)
    • Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau
    • Monterey Dunes Homeowners Association
    • Pacific Grove
      • Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
      • Pacific Grove: Pro-STR Group Files Lawsuit Against PG and Loses
    • Santa Cruz
      • Unfairbnb.Net – Santa Cruz anti-STR organization
      • Santa Cruz Vacation Rental Limits OK’d by Coastal Commission
  • Other Cities and Community Groups Opposing STR in the U.S. and Around the World
  • CEQA Challenge
    • CEQA Threshold Impact Analysis
      • CEQA EIR Required? Aesthetics
      • CEQA EIR Required? Air Quality
      • CEQA EIR Required? Biological Resources
      • CEQA EIR Required? Geology and Soils
      • CEQA EIR Required? Hazards and Hazardous Materials
      • CEQA EIR Required? Hydrology and Water Quality
      • CEQA EIR Required? Land Use and Planning – Conflict with LUP’s, Coastal Access
      • CEQA EIR Required? Population and Housing
        • Venice, CA – Saturated with STR’s
      • CEQA EIR Required? Public Services – Construction needed to maintain response times
      • CEQA EIR Required? Recreation – Deterioration due to increased use of Point Lobos, etc.
      • CEQA EIR Required? Transportation/Traffic
      • CEQA EIR Required? Utilities and Service Systems; Water Use
      • CEQA EIR Required? Mandatory Findings of Significance: impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
        • STR’s Threaten Schools
        • STR’s Are Allowed to Discriminate Against the Handicapped
        • Economic Squeeze on Workers and Shortage of Affordable Housing
    • Demographic, Water, Traffic, Commuting, Parking, and  Air Quality Data
    • Spreadsheet to calculate water and traffic impacts
    • Article About CEQA Review of Hotel Projects in Monterey
    • CEQA Requires Analysis of all Reasonable Alternatives – Not Just a select few that justify the Agency Position
    • Coastal Commission has regularly required EIR’s from hotel projects of far smaller size and impact than STR’s
    • STR Growth Rates
  • Planning Commission
    • Planning Commission Draft Ordinance – and “Home Stays” Simplified Explanation
    • Current Regulations Relative to the Short-Term Rental (30 Days or Less) for Overnight Accommodations
    • Planning Commission Proposed Rules
  • Home Stays
    • Home Rentals: Hiding True Ownership
    • Visitor Serving Units
      • Critical Chart Summarizing Limits to Visitor Serving Units in Carmel Highlands and Nearby Areas
      • CAMPING STR’s on Unimproved or Vacant Land
  • Economic Costs and Benefits of STR
    • Cost of STRs in Carmel Highlands
    • STR’s Are More Expensive Than Hotel Rooms in Carmel Highlands
    • Unfair Competition with Hotels, Motels, B&B’s and other Licensed Lodging
    • Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT)
    • Transient Occupancy Tax – Str’s are less profitable to Monterey County than permitted hotels
  • Contact
    • Write the Board of Supervisors About Enforcement
    • Resource Management Agency, Planning Commission and Land Use Advisory Committee Links
  • Initiatives
  • Legal Matters
    • Coastal Commission Guidance Letters
      • Does Monterey County have enough hotel rooms and other visitor lodging options without STR’s? Will further proliferation of vacation rentals impair community character?
    • Court Holding STR Not a Residential Use Nanaimo (Regional District) v. Saccomani
    • Johnston vs. Hermosa Beach – STR’s are not a residential use, and no Constitutional Vested Right for Prior Illegal use
    • Title 20 (Coastal) and Title 21 (Inland)
    • Lewis v. Monterey County – Nuisance, Constitutional Arguments, STR Ban is Upheld
    • Important Legal Cases
    • Santa Cruz Restricts STR’s – Approved by Coastal Commission
    • No Vested Right to do STR’s if Prior Use was Illegal
    • Carmel Area Land Use Plan April 1983, and Updated 1999
    • Limits on Coastal Commission Authority
    • Public Records Act Requests and Conflict of Interest Rules
    • Response to Record Acts Request
    • California Coastal Cities Can Ban Short-Term Rentals
    • Advertising of Illegal Rentals Can be Banned
    • Court Holding Not a Residential Use – Ewing vs. City of Carmel
  • Miscellaneous
    • Pro-STR/AirBnB Tactics
    • Inside Airbnb – Adding Data to the Debate
    • CNBC Investigates STR’s
  • About
  • Enforcement
    • Filing Complaints and Current Law
    • Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle
  • Enforcement Updated
  • Appendix of Linked Documents
  • Transfer – Hotel

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  • Home
  • Consensus Position of Carmel Valley Association, Preserve Carmel Highlands, Mal Paso Association and residents of Big Sur
    • Carmel Valley Association
      • Planning Commission Interepretation for Carmel Valley
      • Carmel Valley – STR’s as of February 2018
    • Preserve Carmel Highlands
    • Big Sur
      • Short-term Rentals and the Big Sur Coast LCP, January 2018 study by Dr. Charles Lester, Former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission
      • Important Sections of the Big Sur Land Use Plan
      • Big Sur LCP Defense Committee – County Position
      • Planning Commission – Interpretation of Applicability of Draft Ordinance to Big Sur
      • Big Sur STR LUAC Meeting 4-24-18
    • Carmel Area Land Use Plan April 1983, and Updated 1999
    • Mal Paso Creek Property Association (MPCPA)
    • Demographic, Water, Traffic, Commuting, Parking, and  Air Quality Data
  • Comparison of Consensus Position to Draft Ordinance and Staff Discussion
  • CEQA Threshold Impact Analysis
    • CEQA EIR Required? Air Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Air Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Aesthetics
    • CEQA EIR Required? Biological Resources
    • CEQA EIR Required? Utilities and Service Systems; Water Use
    • CEQA EIR Required? Transportation/Traffic
    • CEQA EIR Required? Mandatory Findings of Significance: impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
    • CEQA EIR Required? Recreation – Deterioration due to increased use of Point Lobos, etc.
    • CEQA EIR Required? Public Services – Construction needed to maintain response times
    • CEQA EIR Required? Population and Housing
    • CEQA EIR Required? Noise
    • CEQA EIR Required? Land Use and Planning – Conflict with LUP’s, Coastal Access
    • CEQA EIR Required? Hydrology and Water Quality
    • CEQA EIR Required? Geology and Soils
      • CEQA EIR Required? Hazards and Hazardous Materials
    • CEQA Requires Analysis of all Reasonable Alternatives – Not Just a select few that justify the Agency Position
  • Other Cities and Community Groups Opposing STR in the U.S. and Around the World
    • Communities in Monterey Opposing STR
    • Carmel-by-the-Sea: Short-Term Rentals Crackdown is Working Says City Attorney
    • City of Monterey Bans STRs
    • Capitola
    • Miami Beach, Florida
    • Monterey County Hospitality Association (MCHA)
      • Unfair Competition with Hotels, Motels, B&B’s and other Licensed Lodging
    • Monterey Dunes Homeowners Association
    • Pacific Grove
    • Palm Springs, California
    • Santa Cruz
      • Santa Cruz Vacation Rental Limits OK’d by Coastal Commission
    • San Diego, California
    • West Hollywood Ordinance
  • Seaside, CA
  • Enforcement Updated
  • Consensus Position Participants
  • Appendix of Linked Documents
  • Legal Matters
    • Limits on Coastal Commission Authority
    • Johnston vs. Hermosa Beach – STR’s are not a residential use, and no Constitutional Vested Right for Prior Illegal use
    • Court Holding Not a Residential Use – Ewing vs. City of Carmel
    • Santa Cruz Vacation Rental Limits OK’d by Coastal Commission
    • Important Legal Cases
    • Response to Record Acts Request
    • Critical Chart Summarizing Limits to Visitor Serving Units in Carmel Highlands and Nearby Areas
    • Visitor Serving Units
    • No Vested Right to do STR’s if Prior Use was Illegal
    • Advertising of Illegal Rentals Can be Banned
    • Public Records Act Requests and Conflict of Interest Rules
    • Home Rentals: Hiding True Ownership
    • Title 20 (Coastal) and Title 21 (Inland)
    • Pro-STR/AirBnB Tactics
  • Enforcement
    • Write the Board of Supervisors About Enforcement
    • Pro-STR/AirBnB Tactics
    • Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle
  • Other Places and Groups Around the Monterey Peninsula
  • Transfer – Hotel
  • STR Growth Rates
  • Court Holding STR Not a Residential Use Nanaimo (Regional District) v. Saccomani
  • Document Storage
  • Vancouver, Canada
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
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