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To: Public Comment
Subject: Short Term Rentals (Public Comment)
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 8:21:06 PM
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Dear Pacifica City Council,
I am writing to express my hope that the city passes a limit on STRs in Pacifica. I am a resident of the city, active in the community and would love to be able to afford a home here.
Due to the limited housing supply, each house that is listed for sale vs. short term rental can make an impact to the trajectory of our town. I live in Manor and have a STR down the street, there is frequently loud music and people in and out. There is also always a TON of garbage on the street. If there were full-time residents living there, there would be more ownership of the community vs. transient renters.
Pacifica is a target for AirBnB's due to it's beauty and proximity to the city. Some STR owners look at this as purely a cash grab with no connection to the community. Meanwhile, residents like myself are struggling to find housing. Additionally, many studies find that commercialized short-term rentals artificially inflate rentals costs.
I know STR bring in an income to the city via taxes. I feel strongly that the community created through long term residents is far more valuable than the income. We need Neighbors not AirBBs. How many STR owners volunteer at local events? Support our local business on the regular? Help neighbors out in need?
I appreciate your consideration and am happy to chat more.
Very best,
Brittaney Shade
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To: Public Comment; _City Council
Subject: STRs in Pacifica
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 11:50:17 AM
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Dear City Council Members,
Thank you for your difficult work on our behalf. I recognize it is not easy to hear from people who are upset that you aren't acting according to their best interest when you are tasked with representing the best interest of all Pacificians.
I believe it is in the best interest of all Pacificians to limit the number of unhosted STRs, limit STR permits to one per resident, and not allow non-residents to run STRs as businesses in Pacifica. Non-residents don't build our community, and the money they provide via fees to the city is not worth the cost of having them in our community.
I believe it is in the best interest of Pacifica to promote tourism. Let's do that with wellregulated hotels and resorts that pay much higher fees to the City than STRs.
I understand STRs provide space for larger groups, and resorts can, too. I believe having a party or event can be great for everyone. Hotels and resorts can provide event space that is good for both the partygoers and the community.
Pacificans need fewer, better-regulated STRs.
Thank you for your time and your commitment to all Pacificans.
C~
Cheryl Greene
Pacifica Resident since 2018
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To: Public Comment
Subject: STR ordinance
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 9:44:15 AM
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June 18, 2024
Dear Mayor Vaterlaus and City Council Members:
I attended the “Pacifica Homes are not hotels”meeting at the Firehouse on 6/13/24. Thank you to the council members that attended.
I support a new short-term rental ordinance that has some teeth in it to make Pacifica less attractive to investors who want to run unlicensed hotels in our neighborhoods.
I walk in my beloved neighborhood of 35 years, West Sharp Park, every day. Over the past decade in particular,I have seen an exodus of families. Almost all of these family homes have been bought by someone with the express and sole interest of renting them out as full-time, UNHOSTED Airbnbs. They have never even lived there, even though some lied initially to the city to get the permit. What breaks my heart the most is seeing these residences sit vacant for 85-90% of the year for whatever reason. Pacifica has a reputation of being very permissive and easy for these investors to gobble up property. THIS IS
MORE DISTURBING THAN THE LATE NIGHT NOISE-ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS FROM
THE AIRBNB NEXTDOOR TO ME, AND THE CONSTANT INS N OUTS OF NEW GUESTS COMING AND GOING. SEEING VACANT HOUSES THAT COULD HOUSE A FAMILY IS WRONG.
I agree that the current permissive STR ordinance is destabilizing to our community, not just financially but culturally.
For these reasons, and many more, I urge you:
● Limits STR permits to property owners who are “natural persons” and for whom the property is their primary residence
● Allows only one STR to be in effect within the City of Pacifica for any owner and/or operator.
● Sets an operation limit on unhosted STRs to 60 rental nights per year,. ● Revokes the ermit for any STR property at which two or more noise or other ordinance
violations have occurred within any 12-month period
● Creates new enforcement teams that include dedicated Code Enforcement and PPD
officers.
● Mandates that all advertising (written publication or online website) of the STR property
includes the City-issued STR registration number.
Sincerely,
Pam Raymond
Beach Blvd. West Sharp Park
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