KEY EXCERPTS FROM THE DRAFT ORDINANCE
MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY
No more than two (2) times the total number of bedrooms
Home Stay Definition
There are two different kinds:
A. The STR unit is the STR Operator’s principal residence, and the STR Operator resides at the STR site while it is occupied by short-term renters.
Planning Commission staff makes the following preliminary recommendation (for Big Sur):
• STRs that are defined as homestays, are consistent with the BSLUP and should be allowed.
• STRs that are to be rented 12 times per year or fewer and not more than 2 times per year (referred to herein as “low-frequency STR”) and: Are a primary residence, are consistent with the BSLUP and should be allowed.
B. The STR unit is not the STR Operator’s principal residence
Planning Commission staff makes the following preliminary recommendation (for Big Sur):
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Does anyone know how a "site" is defined? If the STR is a small dwelling that is immediately adjacent to the Operator's dwelling, is that considered as being the same site (even though not in the same building)?
I had the same question since many Big Sur STR’s are guesthouses, caretaker units, yurts, trailers, etc. Let’s just hope decisions are made that put our community, its residents and people that want to live here before the interests of the visiting public. That would be a nice change!
Marcus and Carl. If it is called “home stay” my guess is it must be in the same building, not an adjacent or separate one, or why else that term? We will see on Tuesday.
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Seeing as the real issue is cost of living here is some current official data.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 2.4 percent from March 2017 to March 2018. That was the largest 12-month increase since the period ending March 2017 and higher than the 1.6-percent average annual rate over the past 10 years.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
The Hourly Income You Need To Afford Rent Around The U.S.
The average full-time minimum wage worker can’t afford rent in ANY state.
http://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/OOR_2017.pdf
Every economist will warn you not to pay more than 30% of your income for housing, here is a simple calculator that uses your monthly income and your monthly debts to determine your ability to rent.
https://www.zillow.com/rent-affordability-calculator/
Even our enlisted men & women cant afford rent without assistance.
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1401236/defense-department-releases-2018-continental-united-states-cost-of-living-allow/
Even the President of the United States lives in low income public housing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_States
Cant forget the IRS.
Topic Number 414 - Rental Income and Expenses
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc414
The fact book of the only home we may ever know.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html
We’ve invented religions to justify it. Politics to enable it. Money to measure it. And wars to accelerate it.