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 On 3/17/2022, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners INTRODUCED the following ordinance: 

ORDINANCE: 2022-1599 

TITLE: Ordinance 2022-1599, an ordinance amending provisions of Chapter 20.622 of the Douglas County Code including the setting of occupancy limits, allowing vacation home rental (“VHR”) permits to be issued to closely held corporate entities, grandfathering-in existing multiple VHR permit holders through October 1, 2024, subject to the conditions and terms of renewal, clarifying the liability insurance that must be held by VHR permit holders, increasing the length of the term of the VHR Advisory Board members from two years to four years, imposing liability for persons who assist in the leasing of VHRs without a valid VHR permit, modifying the fine structure, increasing the time in which a notice of appeal must be filed from 10 days to 14 days of the date the first notice of violation was mailed, increasing occupancy from two per bedroom to two per bedroom plus two for properties with four or fewer bedrooms, limiting occupancy to four persons per on-site parking space if occupancy exceeds two per bedroom, and other related amendments clarifying the intent of the regulations. 

SUMMARY: Ordinance 2022-1599, an ordinance amending various provisions of Chapter 20.622 of the Douglas County Code including the setting of occupancy limits, allowing VHR permits to be issued to closely held corporate entities subject to the members of the entity agreeing to be personally liable for the entity’s compliance with the County’s VHR regulations, grandfathering-in existing multiple VHR permit holders through October 1, 2024, subject to all of the conditions and terms of renewal, clarifying the liability insurance that must be held by VHR permit holders, increasing the length of the term of the VHR Advisory Board members from two years to four years, imposing liability for persons who assist in the leasing of VHRs without a valid permit, modifying the fine structure for unintentional errors submitted in VHR applications, increasing the time for the County to send the decision of any appeal from three business days to ten business days, increasing the time in which a notice of appeal must be filed from 10 days to 14 days of the date the first notice of violation was mailed, increasing occupancy from two per bedroom to two per bedroom plus two for properties with four or fewer bedrooms, limiting occupancy to four persons per on-site parking space if occupancy exceeds two per bedroom, and other related amendments clarifying the intent of the regulations. 

The 2nd Reading of this Ordinance will be held on 4/7/2022. A copy of this ordinance is on file in the Clerk’s Office for public review. 

Pub Date: March 23, 2022 

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