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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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Palm Springs voters will see vacation rentals on the ballot this summer

Requirement for decibel meters at the property perimeters.  They  provide those readings to city of Palm Springs, subject to penalties up of approximately $1000 per violation.

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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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