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Home My WebLink AboutSS3 - Short Term Lodging - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Jehan Agrama <JAgrama@harmonygold.com> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 9:01 AM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Short Term Rentals- IN FAVOR [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. We are IN FAVOR of short term rentals in Newport Beach. We own property and rent out our beach house on a minimum weekly basis. Our guests are respectful of our rules, because they know we enforce them with fines: no large or loud parties, parking restrictions, respecting neighbors, nighttime noise curfew. These are some of the ways we make sure that our renters do not bother neighbors. If people have restrictions on their short term renters it mitigates any issues that might arise. These renters allow us the extra income for home upkeep and renovations. We also pay the City their share of the income, which is definitely a boon for the community. Jehan Agrama 4301 Seashore 310-779-0550 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Kevin Trussell <kevin@advancedlumber.com> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2020 3:55 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: September 8th Agenda item > Short term rentals Categories: Jenn [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. My name is Kevin Trussell. I own a rental property on Balboa Peninsula. One unit is long term and one a short term rental. I employ a local real estate company to manage the short term rental. They screen all renters to insure they are over 25 years of age and are not disrespectful to our neighbors. Their name and phone number are posted on the front of the cottage to provide 24 hour assistance. We are registered as a business with the city and collect bed taxes. By all accounts, we are the ones who follow the rules. There are two aspects of Phase Two that concern me: 1) Minimum 6 night stay for properties without the owner on-site. A- This will dramatically reduce our rentals, as many families can only get away for a few days. Many guests simply can't afford 6 nights. A 3 night minimum is acceptable. B- The management co is always available to be on-site within 30 minutes and is much more experienced to handle problems than a resident owner. C- Loss of rental income will force me to evaluate other options a- Lease out the cottage for nine months to college students. These are the loudest, drunkest tenants. You don't want them and neither do I. b- Analyze the addition of an ADU or JADU. Again neither of us wants this, traffic and parking are bad enough now. Our Governor's plan is flawed, but an option. D- Loss of tax revenue for the City, bed tax and sales taxes. We find a short term renter is more likely to dine at a restaurant. Longterm renters buy more groceries. Sales tax at restaurants, no sales tax at the grocery stores. 2) 24/7 Call desk at a cost of $27,000/yr. A- I don't think a government agency can do anything for $27K. ( pension, benefits..etc..) B- This function is already being accomplished through the use of a management co. Thank you for your consideration. Kevin If you have questions in advance of your meeting >> 714-679-0632 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 2:46 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Short Term Lodging and Emergency Ordinance 2020-004 From: Richard Rivett Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:45:23 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Short Term Lodging and Emergency Ordinance 2020-004 [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I am a homeowner on Little Balboa Island and I support short-term lodging and lifting of Emergency Ordinance 2020- 004. My father, Dick Rivett, passed away in 2020 and was a long time resident of Balboa Island. He thoroughly embraced Balboa Island life spearheading the grounding of the overhead utilities for Little Balboa Island and served on the Environmental Quality Affairs Committee (EQAC) for the City of Newport Beach. After Dick's death we took out a loan and to take care of deferred maintenance and to update the house. We applied for a short -term -lodging permit weeks before COVID 19 hit and actually received an email stating the permit was approved and then another stating it was rescinded due to Emergency Ordinance 2020-04. Short-term rentals have always been a part of island life. My father began taking the family to Newport Beach in the 1960s, when the majority of the homes on the island were summer 2 week rentals. Because of the wonderful times we had as a family he purchased a home on the island in 1977 (prices were much closer to average So Cal home prices then). This is a family home that has many memories, but prices have made it impossible to hold onto the home without renting it out. The ability for non-residents to visit and experience Newport Beach is what keeps it unique and accessible - it is integral to its character. Without short-term rentals Newport will simply become another mansionized California city, inaccessible to most people. To allow existing permit holders to offer short-term lodging while freezing new permits to new applicants while the City's current Short -Term Lodging Ordinance is in effect is biased and arbitrary. I fully support limiting stays to 1 week or longer, but I also fully support allowing short-term rentals in the area. Please consider lifting the Short -Term Lodging Emergency Ordinance at this time. Sincerely, Ric Rivett (323) 574-8897 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 September 4, 2020 Newport Beach City Council Newport Beach, Ca 92663 To Whom It May Concern My name is Wendy Leithem. I own 2 vacation rental properties on the Newport Beach peninsula. I have owned, managed and been solely responsible for their management for over 5 years. I am also a single mother of 3 teenage boys who I am solely responsible for, and this business is my only source of income to support my family. With living close by, I have always screened my tenants extremely well. I only allow families, adults above 28 and take the surrounding neighborhood and Newport Beach "family" environment very seriously. I do not allow parties of any kind and explain that in bold letters in all my listings. My guests have always been amazing families that return year after year and have a wonderful experience. I have never received any complaints for noise or anything else from a single neighbor at either of my properties and both have year round owners living all around them. I also ensure that the number of guests is also appropriate for the size of each one of my units and do not allow additional guests. I have units in different sizes with different bed configurations that correlate exactly to the number of guests allowed. I also require my guests to list each guest to ensure this rule is followed. It is my opinion, that beach rental regulations are meant for the very few on certain streets that do not screen their tenants and that is not the majority, it is a very small minority. To impose multiple restrictions on all vacation rental owners is punishing the entire vacation rental owner population for the infractions of a small few. I also have friends that are in the vacation rental business in Newport and all of them follow the same guidelines that I do. We always take our beaches and surrounding areas very seriously and do not want the beach to become riddled with crime, loud parties or disturbances that would inhibit families to come visit every year. Thank you very much, Wendy Leithem Hang 3 Coastal Properties 949 400 4256 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 4:01 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Newport Beach Council Study Session on STR Regulations From: Fred Nowroozi Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 4:00:01 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Cc: govermentaffairs@vrbo.com Subject: Fwd: Newport Beach Council Study Session on STR Regulations [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Thank you. Although we would be interested in the Newport City Council meeting, comments, and their final decision, we would like to be on the record main that our property has been and currently is only on the long term lease or rental of a month or longer. Thanks again for your information. Respectfully, Fred Nowroozi 2828 Ocean Blvd, CDM, CA 92625 On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 1:22 PM Vrbo Government Affairs <governmentaffairs@vrbo.com> wrote: Dear Property Owner or Manager, The Newport Beach City Council is seeking community input on the next phase of updates to the City's short-term rental ordinance at an upcoming study session on Tuesday, September 8 at 4:00 PM PDT. While no action will be taken, the Council is inviting participation from members of the community, including short- term rental property owners and managers like you. This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard. Comments can be provided by email, phone or in person at the Newport Beach Community Room. To submit your comments via email for City Council consideration, send them to the City Clerk at cityclerk(a�_newportbeachca.gov. To give the City Council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments by Monday, September 7 at 5:00 p.m. For information on how to attend and speak at this meeting in-person or virtually, see the City's website. Best, Vrbo Government Affairs Communications pertaining to local regulations and survey requests are sent by Vrbo in an effort to assist homeowners and property managers to better understand and participate in regulatory processes. If you have questions, please email povernmentaffairs().Vrbo.com. For more resources on how regulations can impact the industry and for Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 3:57 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Response to Short Term Lodging Study Session From: Colleen Howes Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 3:56:04 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: O'Neill, William; Brenner, Joy; Herdman, Jeff; Dixon, Diane; Duffield, Duffy; City Clerk's Office; Avery, Brad; Muldoon, Kevin Subject: Response to Short Term Lodging Study Session [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I am writing with regards to the study session for more short term lodging restrictions. While I am not sure what information the study will be providing at this time, I would like to express my position when it comes to short-term lodging. I have been a host and short term lodging permit holder in Corona del Mar for over 4 years and I have never had a single complaint or issue with any of my guests, many of whom are parents and grandparents visiting their families. I believe the Ad Hoc Committee is trying to enforce a 6 day minimum stay for all short term lodgers. I am strongly against such an idea as it would restrict many respectable families from visiting our city to enjoy a 3-4 day getaway from all the Covid-19 madness. All of our guests' identity is verified with government ID from several databases, with a social security number check, we read their reviews about their behavior with past hosts, we have their photo and city of residence. A three night minimum stay keeps rent within reach for good citizens, and it keeps out the one night renters who have become the potential problem, something we quickly addressed long before the city did. Now the city has addressed that problem, plus some. But somehow, randomly suggesting that people who can only stay three nights ... or four nights .... or five nights ... are more apt to be problematic than those who can stay six or more has absolutely no basis in fact nor any data to support such a notion. Imposing a stay of longer than three nights, you will eliminate our ability to pay rent and city taxes and our business will fail. So, hurting us will also hurt the restaurants, grocery stores and small shops. I would like to suggest that the positive economic impact of short-term stays should be explored in a study. Our guests spend their money, then leave; they have much less impact on the infrastructure than permanent and long term residents and we have no need to spend tax money to educate their children. As for parking, we oppose anything that requires that a property provide parking in our private garages where we park our cars. I see no rational basis for such an imposition. You have a greater demand for parking from the long-term and 9 permanent residents as they usually have 2 or more cars. Our guests, on the other hand, either arrive by Uber or in one vehicle. Thanks to the relentless Ad Hoc Committee many of us law abiding short term permit holders have suffered considerable losses. Every time the Council makes a change, we have adjusted. We stopped the short -term -rentals entirely when you had the ordinance in April -May and brought in health workers, SUBSIDIZING their rent at a loss for us. I believe there should be some consideration for the different areas within the City. How can areas like CDM and Balboa Island be restricted in the same manner as the Penninsula "War Zone" where many of the issues occur. I urge you to please be reasonable and look at short term lodgers as an asset to Newport Beach and please do not impose more restrictions on those of us that maintain respectable short term rentals and provide necessary lodging for residents family members and visitors as well. Sincerely, Colleen Howes 6 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 12:31 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: short-term rentals From: David Caruso Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:31:15 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Fw: short-term rentals [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. for your consideration .... thanks From: David Caruso Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 2:27 PM To: citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov <citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: short-term rentals Greetings, First of all. short-term rentals in summer, most especially, are as integral to the character and economy of Newport Beach as the Mardi Gras celebration is to my hometown of New Orleans. Many properties in my area are let out as summer short-term rentals. Secondly, many of us, property owners, own just the one rental and urgently need the continuation of short- term rentals, without harmful restrictions as to term and other considerations. In my case, I am retired and do depend primarily on my social security income for basic living expenses. I rely on summer rental income from my beach cottage to pay its property tax bill, insurances, repairs and upkeep, etc. Our first premise and that of our excellent property management is to assure that there is always peaceful short-term tenancy, and we have met that standard, with rentals to families who love our area and delight in a vacation stay, including visits to the shops, restaurants, groceries,etc. We have pretty much acceded to requests for a three -night stay minimum. However, any longer minimum stay requirements would impair and possibly destroy our success in summer occupancy. Many years ago, I was then able to fill up with weekly rentals. The market has changed, and demand has greatly lessened for those. Most successful rental agreements now are of the three-day minimum variety. The stay requirement cannot be increased without doing substantial damage to the home owners. ....Let's show that the city and the owners can work in cooperation for everyone's mutual benefit. Please accept the input from the owners and managers, who are in the best position to have all the facts and figures concerning short-term rentals. David Caruso, owner of 5109 Seashore Drive,( let out for summer rentals) 12 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2020 3:17 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Response to Study Session - Short Term Lodging From: Ana Rosandich Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 3:16:17 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office; O'Neill, William; Brenner, Joy; Dixon, Diane; Avery, Brad; Herdman, Jeff; Duffield, Duffy; Muldoon, Kevin; Brenner, Joy Cc: Colleen Howes Subject: Response to Study Session - Short Term Lodging [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Good afternoon, While we do not know what information the study will be providing at this time, we would like to reiterate our position when it comes to short-term lodging. We are against anything less than a three night minimum stay. At this particularly difficult time for so many people, we have had the pleasure of hosting many many grateful people that can get a respite from the madness in the world. Solid respectable middle class families can do 3 night getaways to relax and recharge their batteries. We have hosted hundreds of individuals and we do not have the problems you claim short term rentals have. All of our guests' identity is verified with government ID from several databases, with a social security number check, we read their reviews about their behavior with past hosts, we have their photo and city of residence. If we have any qualms about a possible guest, we are under no obligation to accept their request to stay with us. This is more than hotels do. By imposing a longer stay, especially in this economic climate, you will deprive good and honorable visitors the opportunity to enjoy everything our beautiful city has to offer. Now more than ever, we need to welcome guests who need a reprieve from the current health and economic uncertainties in our homes for staycations. A three night minimum stay keeps rent within reach for good citizens, and it keeps out the one night renters who are mostly interested in partying. From our experience, we saw the one nighters as the potential problem, something we quickly addressed long before the city did. Now the city has addressed that problem, plus some. But somehow, randomly suggesting that people who can only stay three nights ... or four nights .... or five nights ... are more apt to be problematic than those who can stay six or more has absolutely no basis in fact nor any data to support such a notion. Imposing a stay of longer than three nights, you will eliminate our ability to pay rent and city taxes and our business will fail. We do have a positive economic impact from not only the taxes we generate for the city, but from all of our guests who spend money locally once they are here. So, hurting us will also hurt the restaurants, grocery stores, and the like... something none of us can afford at this juncture. In fact, we think that the positive economic impact of short-term stays should be explored in a study. Our guests spend their money, then leave; they have much less impact on the infrastructure than permanent and long term residents and we have no need to spend tax money to educate their children. 14 If the city's concern is that too many corporations are buying multiple homes and turning them into short term rentals, we suggest that the Planning Commission limit the amount of permits an individual or company may have. We live nearby our two properties and because we depend almost 100% on the AirBnB reviews we receive as people are considering their bookings, we are at our properties regularly making sure the places look great and take care of anything that needs attention; we are also extremely responsive to the guests at all times. As for parking, we oppose anything that requires that a property provide parking. We see no rational basis for such an imposition. You have a greater demand for parking from the long- term and permanent residents. I did an informal Pre-COVID 19 survey and 80% of the permanent and long term residents park one or more cars on the street in the two neighborhoods we have properties, and the more drivers that live in the house, the greater the need for street parking. Our guests, on the other hand, either arrive by Uber or in one vehicle. So, what you are really trying to do is preserve the free parking on the street for permanent and long term residents who need overflow. As noted, we pay taxes too and are just as entitled to the same privileges as permanent and long term residents, including the use of street parking. Again, we, and I am sure a host of other short-term lodging people, comply with all the rules and regulations you require and have spoken repeatedly with Ellen Brenan to ensure that we follow all the rules the city imposes. Every time you make a change, we have adjusted. We stopped the short -term -rentals entirely when you had the ordinance in April -May and brought in health workers, SUBSIDIZING their rent at a loss for us. Finally, please note that long-term residents are noisy, have parties, stay up too late and are a nuisance. Our AirBnB guests complain about our upstairs neighbors who are residents of Newport Beach. Below is a sample of the reviews and complaints that we have received. March 2020 The place is nice, the host is very nice. I just suggest you bring your own towels and although we where told not to make noise the neighbors in the up stairs unit was loud with there party and dogs up all night Cheyanne March 2020 Was a beautiful location the only thing was the neighbors upstairs were very loud from Midnight to 8 in the morning not allowing for much sleep I know this is not the property problem Megan March 2020 Ana was an amazing host, very kind and communicated well with us! My boyfriend and I walked everywhere, although Ana does let you know where to park or to rent bikes for the day. Everything we needed was on the island, it is the perfect spot. The beach is not far away at all, and it is beautiful! On the bay, it is fun to watch the boats. The ferry to the island is a must. 15 Ana's place was relaxed, comfortable and clean. The neighbors upstairs were loud one night but nothing too crazy, first time in California, but will not be the last! Sage March 2020 Such a great location, very quiet street and it was just a few minutes walk to a very nice and uncrowded beach. We had an easy time parking and enjoyed being close to a lot of the things we came out here to see and do. The space was clean, our bed was very comfortable and we had everything we needed. The shower was nice, great pressure and heat, the amount of windows in the space really helped it feel open and airy and having a full kitchen was a great amenity. Ana was so nice and super quick to respond when we were confused with the WiFi and was very communicative leading up to our stay, she was so helpful. The place had so many towels, we liked that touch. She left us a bottle of wine too! The only issue we came across was the noise from the neighbors upstairs, it is a downstairs unit so you can hear them walking around, the dog running, etc. They weren't having wild parties or anything obnoxious, it wasn't a huge deal and it didn't keep us up at night or drive us crazy but it is something to be aware of. Sounds like anything would when there's someone living above you. Anyway, it was a great experience at Ana's and I would 100% recommend it to anyone looking for a lovely vacation. Long-term residents also affect our rentals by detracting and scaring potential renters from staying at our place. This lead to a guest writing us this: Thank you for that helpful information! We are very interested in renting your home. We are concerned however about the 4 reviews left in March regarding loud neighbors upstairs. You answered one of those reviews and gave a reasonable answer. We are wondering about the other 3 reviews. Will these some neighbors be there in September? As you move forward, we continue to ask that you please don't lump all short term rentals in the category of nuisance and problems for the city. Thank you for your time and consideration. Ana Alfaro and Harrison Lebowitz 16 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Sent: City Clerk's Office Saturday, September 05, 2020 9:11 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Vacation Rentals/Timeshares From: Tony Avitia Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 9:10:22 AM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Vacation Rentals/Timeshares [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. N. I wanted to put my thoughts about renting out our timeshares at Newport Beach. We are a property manager and rent out many peoples timeshares especially at resorts such as Marriott Newport Beach Villas. Your licensing and requirements to websites like Airbnb and HomeAway are causing us a lot of problems as they are insisting that we need these licenses to rent out timeshares. These resorts already have all of the appropriate licenses and meet all the state requirements we should not be required to have the same license for the ability to rent out only 1 week as a person who can rent out an entire year. I ask you please to give a waiver to Timeshare owners who are renting out their properties at these already pre -license resorts. They will not be doing any additional harm to the noise pollution of any communities as they are already strategically placed inside the hotel network. There will be no additional impact on the city so I asked for you to please make Timeshare's exempt from these laws. There are many elderly people that own these and they cost them a tremendous amount and often times they are just trying to recoup their costs. Thanks for your consideration ENTERPRISES Tony Avitia President Phone: 866.585.8728 Fax: 702.560.2669 Mobile: 702.581.8035 Website: www.ktienterprises.com Email: tony.avitia@ktjenterprises.com 23 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2020 8:27 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim Subject: FW: Ban on short term rentals for new permits on Balboa Island From: hal sears Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 8:27:20 AM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Ban on short term rentals for new permits on Balboa Island [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Download Attachment Available until Oct 5, 2020 Dear Newport Beach city council, please review the attached videos, they were taken this Friday the busiest week for vacation visitors to the city of Newport Beach. As you can see there is absolutely no problem with to many short term rentals on Balboa Island on the contrary we need more short term renters on Balboa Island to increase the vibrancy of our neighborhood. The ban that you've imposed on new permits is utterly counterproductive and has no merit!!! All you are doing by limiting new permits for short term renters is forcing these visitors into hotels where they are much more likely to spread and receive Covid versus isolating as a family unit and enjoying a vacation rental on Balboa Island where they can cook at home and self isolate . Please repeal this ban immediately!!! The economic damage you're causing to the homeowners ,who you have denied short term rental permits is $750,000 15 rentals times 100 summer days times $ 500 a night rental rate) in possible rental income over the valuable summer rental months. these owners are just trying to offset some of the cost of owning a home on Balboa Island and help pay for their property taxes and some of the mortgage payments and the expenses of ownership. That is typically all they can make by being allowed to rent their homes on a short-term basis to vacation renters, when they are not using the Home themselves. Thank you for listening and please come down to Balboa Island so you can witness for yourself how your ban on short term rental permits makes no sense. Click to Download IMG_2516.MOV 0 bytes 24 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 Subject: FW: Support for Fair STR Regulations From: Tresa Rowe Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 5:00:15 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Support for Fair STR Regulations Dear City Council: Being from a close-knit family that is spread out across the state, my happiest vacations are family reunions. Holidays or long weekends where the whole family (and extended family) can be together under one roof cooking, playing games, recreating and simply "being at home". We did this recently when we attended a funeral in Santa Barbara, and we are planning to meet in Santa Fe for a family Christmas. Hotels are great, but have become too expensive for our large group and they don't offer a common space where we can feel at home. So we stay in vacation rentals now. We'd rather lodge together (in whatever town we visit) and spend our money on dining, shopping, recreation and experiences. Thousands of groups vacation this way. Including the many families who I now host now at my Balboa Peninsula rental property. And the city benefits. But I feel that the city of Newport Beach is putting unfair restrictions on this type of vacation. I have some questions for tonight's meeting: 1. Why does the city ignore the thousands of non -problematic guests who visit Newport each summer? And focus on the small percent that cause issues? 2. The Balboa area has been a vacation rental destination since the 1920's. Short term renters/rentals are more accepted in Balboa Many of the complaints presented at council meetings came from residents of other Newport areas. Would the city consider a separate ordinance (or dispensations) for Balboa? 3. How will owners who work full time (doctors, attorneys) be able to leave work and address a problem at their rental property in 30 minutes? Will this ordinance force owners to use one of the many property management services in town? Owners of these companies have served in city government, is that a conflict of interest? 4. What is a "nuisance plan"? I called the city and nobody could tell me. Is this a plan for hosts to follow when they cannot personally manage a guest's behavior? If so, should hosts plan (for instance) to hire a bouncer or trained security person? Is the city encouraging a vigilante approach? 5. According to the new ordinance, my home's square footage allows 5.5 max guests (but my permit says 8 max). How does that work? And what do I say to the groups that booked (6 people) before the ordinance was adopted? 6. Online platforms designate super hosts. Can we ask them to create a category of "super guests"? That the city will welcome? I feel the new restrictions penalize all hosts based on the actions of a few "abusive operators". There are other ways to weed out the bad apples. I purchased a permit, carefully follow city STR rules, pay TOT, ensure good relations with neighbors, promote the city in my marketing materials, and have never gotten a complaint. Restricting my hosting capabilities discriminates against me, my guests, and all the local businesses my guests patronize. Which, in the end, impacts the spirit and economy of our vacation city. Tresa Holloway Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 To Mayor Will O'Neill 7 September 2020 Newport Beach City Council As an owner in Corona Del Mar that has two rental units, we are adamantly opposed to many for the proposals in Short -Term Lodging LCP Amendment (PA2020-04$) and Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2020-007. Our parents purchased this property in the mid-1970s. Since that time, we've grown up and still enjoy and occasional visit to Corona Del Mar. Our two units both have a current a valid short-term lodging permit and have never had any issues such as a police car or neighbor complaint. Our property manager carefully screens each applicant and the majority of tenants that are seeking accommodations in Corona Del Mar are not looking for anything more than just a relaxing few days along the beautiful coastline. The proposal requirements of a minimum of six nights in July and August is a sure way to have most people not come to our city and will impact the city budget forever. In my opinion, this makes no sense with the current situation of budget shortfalls. We had a tenant from Europe for a few months over the winter that decided to stay longer. He is currently booked through next June 2021. We just had a tenant in the other unit, that wants to come back in September for an extended stay. Does this make sense to send people elsewhere to spend their vacation dollars? As a long term property owner in Corona Del Mar, we favor a minimum two -night stay or if over a Friday — Saturday three -night minimum. As far as Occupancy Limits a 3 per bedroom/loft (so a 3 bedroom would be 9 and a 4 bedrooms would be 12 etc. If you look at the hotels such as the Marriott Spring Hill Suites they have occupancy of 4 (2 doubles) or up to 5 or 6 with a sofa sleeper. We also favor no new permits issued outside the CA Coastal Commission's Coastal Zone. What we don't want is anything that would limit sales tax paying visitors to our city or force them to go to another city Kind Regards, Diane Burns 407 Heliotrope 407 I/z Heliotrope Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 7:52 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Additional meeting 9/8 RE STR From: Deborah Gubernick <dgubernicks@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2020 12:14 AM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Additional meeting 9/8 RE STR [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi there, I saw in the Nextdoor App you plan to gather additional information on short term rentals from permit holders and non - permit holders. Please let me know where and what information you would like to have. I would be happy to provide any assistance. I am a permit holder and resident. Please discontinue or limit the STR permits. It has gotten out of hand with the noise, disrespect and competing interests between those who visit on a STR basis and those who live here. I've written several times before. But, the situation persists. It is ridiculous—having renters all week partying loudly as we try to work. Even the long term renters (not just homeowners) on on our street have been mentioning how frustrating this is. The most recent group brought strobe lights for their teenager party ... which was held on a Thursday, continuing all weekend. Of course, our family had to prepare for work the next day while the music continued beyond 2:30 am. And as I write this on a Friday near midnight, I do so while watching the glow of strobe -party -lights flashing across the street to the tune of music once again. Residents (whether homeowner or long-term renters) want peace. STR tenants want parties. The interests are not the same. This is not working. We've seen no difference whatsoever in the past month since the city passed the updated requirements. If you are wondering how this situation escalated so quickly in the past three years—well, I have a hunch I know the answer. I can tell you Vacasa and AirBnB directly solicit we homeowners. They mail us and email us to have us enroll in their rental services. They send enticing offers of quick payoffs with little hassle. Who wouldn't want that? Every absentee homeowner sure seems to have taken the bait. Indeed, these entities have crafty marketing tools —even offering set up all the cleanings, even COVID-19 cleanings, for "extra safety." This is simply their way to make as much money as possibly off of the volume of rentals in the area. Most recently, AirBnB offered me an additional $172 if i quickly rent my place by the end of September. They also offered me Covid relief money—for not being able to rent my property as often! AirBnB, Vacasa and VRBO were supposed to be occasional things - but as these companies turned near or more than billions in profit, the occasional wasn't enough for them. And as the owners earned quick cash, the occasional was no longer enough for the owners either. And as the city earned millions from the permits and taxes — the city turned a blind eye. I am happy to provide you with my most recent solicitation from Vacasa and copies of emails and messages I have received from AirBnB. Another important fact: AirBnB sends me (and presumably other STR propert owners) direct emails and quasi - formulated arguments in advance of your City Council meeting telling me, as a rental property owner, that I need to speak up in favor of STRs. AirBnB, VRBO and Vacasa have the resources to essentially blindly lobby the City through your constituent -property holders who happen to rent out their homes. No doubt the absentee property owners are taking advantage of these platforms. I am willing to bet Vacasa, AirBnB, VRBO have led to the surge in rentals, and the surge in rental -related problems. Their marketing ploys and ability to reach your constituents through email blasts prior to your City Council meetings is probably why you hear from folks who want to continue the STRs. Let's face it, some have made a small fortune as a result of the versatility and ease these booking platforms offer landlords and STIR renters alike. The revolving door of tenants on the peninsula has got to stop. Consider city-wide 30 day rental minimums, with no subletting. Consider rotating shifts — or limiting the number of weeks/days per year a home can be used as STR. Consider party -free zones, quiet hours/months (for families who work and now do school from home). Please consider the residents who live here day in and day out and have to deal with this situation. Consider letting go of the revenues you make off this situation --it is costing us our comfort. Let us know what additional information you need to further understand our sentiments. Please pull back the number of permits and the amount of STR renters you allow. Thank you, Debbie Gubernick The Gubernick Family NB Peninsula 714-222-8017 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 8:15 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Once again reaching out about short term rentals -----Original Message ----- From: Cindy <cindydiIlion @cox.net> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 11:30 AM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Once again reaching out about short term rentals [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Honestly, I can't understand the need to keep undermining short term rentals. There are sufficient rules in place, if you enforce them, to keep the bad apples out. We have a perfect record for six units since 1995 and 4 additional units since 2006. Why do you feel the need to continue chipping away at short term rentals and further decimating and frustrating our carefully crafted retirement income? Our family vehemently opposes anything longer than a three night minimum stay. We do wholeheartedly support enforcement of existing rules, our guests don't enjoy bad renters either. Cindy Dillion Managing Member Groundswell Investments, LLC (Our family estate planning entity) Sent from my iPhone Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 8:16 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Short Term Rentals From: Judy Huie <judyhuiemena@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 1:02 PM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Short Term Rentals [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To Whom it may concern, I am a property owner and would like to inform you of my concerns regarding short term rentals. I understand it is the right of property owners to use their properties for rental income but ask the city to add some guidelines to help preserve more reasonable standards. My suggestion is to limit capacity to 2 guests per room. A 3 bedroom rental should be limited to 6 guests. The rental unit that is a couple houses over allows up to 12 guests for a 3 bedroom rental with 1 parking space . Rental guidelines should be similar to reasonable living arrangements. A two bedroom home would normally be suitable for a family of 4. Please add my email regarding this matter to stay informed. Judy Huie 626 325-4455 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 8:16 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Possible More Short Term Rental Regulations -----Original Message ----- From: Curt Mainard <day4golf@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 2:20 PM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Possible More Short Term Rental Regulations [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear City Council, I oppose anything more than a 3 night minimum. I can not stress enough how much I, as an owner have a perfect record of compliance with no noise complaints, and work very hard to be a good neighbor. I also rely greatly on the revenue from my rental and oppose the city's efforts to harm good operators, while not punishing the bad ones. Thank You Curt Mainard Rental: 425 East Bay Ave 949-929-6665 Sent from my Whone Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 8:19 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: New STR Ordinace Enforcement From: Scott McFetters <smcfetters@outlook.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 4:57 PM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>; Cc: thomas@stratcomponent.com <thomas@stratcomponent.com>; roger@catalinacomponents.com; Mike Veal <mike@goldcoastglass.com>; Larry Leifer <lawrelei@gmail.com>; winfieldwells@gmail.com; ken@eclecticfinishes.com; Barry Mycorn <rlmequitiesl@gmail.com>; Jeff Friedman <jfriedman@turnerfiber.com>; Bud Reveley <budreveley@gmail.com>; penny reveley <pennyreveley@gmail.com>; 'Mark Markos' <msm619@ymail.com>; Chris Harano <chris@harano.com>; Martin O'Hea <mohea@bixbyland.com>; jbowerbank@prof unditymarketing.com; Richard Wolpow <rwolpow@pocnettech.com>; Mundocane@yahoo.com Subject: Re: New STR Ordinace Enforcement [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honorable City Council, I wanted to apologize to City Council. I hit send before I added the header Dear Honorable City Council. I also wanted to thank you the members of City Council for working to find enforcement or more permanent solutions that will work for Newport Island residents and any other problem areas. You all have a hard job and your work is appreciated. Best regards, Scott McFetters From: Scott McFetters Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:28 PM To: citvcouncil@newportbeachca.gov <citvcouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Cc: thomas@stratcomponent.com <thomas@stratcomponent.com>; roger@catalinacomponents.com <roeer@catalinacomponents.com>; Mike Veal <mike@goldcoastglass.com>; Larry Leifer <lawrelei@email.com>; winfieldwells@gmail.com <winfieldwells@gmail.com>; ken@eclecticfinishes.com <ken@eclecticfinishes.com>; Barry Mycorn <rlmequitiesl@gmail.com>; Jeff Friedman <ifriedman@turnerfiber.com>; Bud Reveley <budreveley@gmail.com>; penny reveley <pennyreveley@email.com>; 'Mark Markos' <msm619@vmail.com>; Chris Harano <chris@harano.com>; Martin O'Hea <mohea@bixbvland.com>; Ibowerbank@ prof unditymarketine.com <Ibowerbank@ prof unditymarketing.com>; Richard Wolpow <rwolpow@pocnettech.com>; Mundocane@vahoo.com <Mundocane@yahoo.com> Subject: New STR Ordinace Enforcement The new ordinances are not working at all as explained and envisioned for our specific Newport Island neighborhood. The ordinances we're supposed to get rid of and deter bad owners and STIR operators. We pretty much have illegal STIR parking, less than 4 day stays on the islands and other codes issues and violations everyday on Channel Place. The big issue is pictures, videos and eyewitnesses are not good enough. Per Seimone, code enforcement has to witness with no one or code enforce team dedicated to managing the city issued permit problems. The big let down is the the amount of available code officers, their hours of operations and lack of communication regarding the citations, investigation, etc. This is not their fault. It is their supervisors and how they are directed. Other issues include the time it takes to cite an infraction. Most are missed. Should be immediate. The citations should also be immediate without having to wait days after notification. It is a permit not a property right. Make them immediate citations. The business running in our neighborhood should have the responsibility to know what is right and wrong. Why is it the neighborhood that has to suffer? A STIR permit is a privilege not a property right and should be immediately held accountable. The amount of time it takes for ongoing issues. The amount of time it takes to get a permit suspended. Not even sure if the city will actually do that yet after the long process after the citations that actually happen. The permit property rights of an ordinance violating STIR owner are more important powerful than the neighborhoods quiet enjoyment and quality of life. This needs to change immediately. The Avantsay model of long term leases which were then STIR subleases with 3806 and 3717 Channel we're not cited when the ordnances went into effect and now they have miraculously changed their business model which contradicts it's own website. Still in business and still violations almost everyday. Complaints should all be logged. Lying on the STIR Permit Application- Permit should be revocked if STIR owner lies about amount of bedrooms, square footage, and other none -permit issues but Code Enforcement will not inspect during covid. The language is in the new ordinance. They could easily go back to the last approved plans but they dont. The permitted business in the neighborhood takes priority when a clear violation is occurring for months or years. Noise- have to call police and make sure they put the short term rental address in the notes. You then have to contact code enforcement to make sure they contact the police officer And the officer puts the actual STIR address in the report. Illegal parking- have to ask dispatch to make sure they note the violation is a short term renter and the address for blocking sidewalks and parking in the fire lanes. Blocking garages. Was told that parking violations would count against the permits but I don't see the exact language in the ordinances. Also have to contact code enforcement to tell them about it. Not sure exactly what they are doing but it is our biggest problem. A lot of warnings or misses vs. citations along with slow responses per neighbors. 4 day minim ums-Avantstay has gotten away several times with this and web are told by code enforcement that they have to be called when someone checks in so they can go out and contact the renters in person to verify the amount of days in the lease. Code enforcement cant always go out and people purposely don't open doors. Code enforcement will not use pictures, video or the cities STIR proceeds records to show that a rental was less than 4 days. There is alot of ways to cite violations without having to have an overworked code enforcement officer go out. Should be caught through administrative records? Trash Violations- No immediate tickets they give the STIR over a week after the violation notification to get cited. 3806 channels driveway gates and STIR cars blocking the sidewalk all the time. I think they get notifications and not immediate citations. Occupancy on the the permit- 2 people per bed room plus 2 people is better than the new fire code at 1 person per 200 feet. That means 14 people can spend the night at a 2800 sq. ft. house on the island. That has completely changed the character of the neighborhood when most people have two people in a Master and one person per room. That leads to multiple cars, ongoing noise, safety issues and a covid felts, etc. We should have owner occupied, no more permits on Newportb Island or cap the amount of people that can stay in the interim on Newport Island. I don't see anything else working based upon the cities biased business real estate rights vs. the residents of the neighborhood. A recent problem the city created with neglect to our island. This is all for now. Please let me know how can assist or address any questions. Best regards, Scott McFetters Get Outlook for iOS Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 A V A N T S T A Y Item No. SS3 September 4, 2020 City of Newport 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 To the Newport City Council & Ad Hoc Committee for Short Term Lodging, As you explore the next phase of changes to the short term lodging ordinance, we would like to contribute our thoughts as a participating business. AvantStay is a vacation rental company, based in Southern California who dedicates extensive time and resources to ensuring compliance with all local regulations and best practice risk management. We take pride in the neighborhoods that we get to be a part of and deeply appreciate the need for some regulation in order to maintain a strong local community. However, we feel that Ordinance 2020-15 is overly punitive and may not work in the best interest of the Newport Beach community. We understand that the new citation structure was designed to be harsh and to force behavioral changes. AvantStay has been working very hard to meet these new standards; we've added signage in the homes and expanded on the language in our House Rules and listings in order to be as clear as possible with our guests. We feel that we are taking all reasonable measures as property managers, but we feel that the system has become unreasonable. During this first month we have unfortunately had some guests commit parking infractions and we have paid the subsequent fines. What we feel is unreasonable is that even if we are able to abide by all rules without incident for the next 11 months, we would pay an extremely high fee of $3000 for a trash can left out one day too long next summer. Having these citations persist for a full year, with no recognition of good behavior or opportunity, is overly punitive for vacation rental owners when their neighbors who are not registered with the city can park how they wish and leave their trash out with no consequences. With regards to the condition that prohibits an owner from allowing a lessee to manage their short term rental operation (5.95.045 A.1), we believe that this provision only hurts property owners in the City of Newport Beach. While professional operators such as AvantStay, can continue to drive revenue by representing their owners and managing properties on behalf of their owners, not allowing lessees to short-term rent prevents owners from obtaining guaranteed income from their properties. Further, many owners in the area have 1 to 5 year leases on their properties which are tied to their ability to short-term rent. Not allowing these leases to operate as originally intended and be seen through to their conclusion will likely result in a huge spike in legal disputes and place a significant financial burden on landlords attempting to recover lost rent from terminated leases. Owners are the key losers in this scenario as their tenants will be able to move to other more hospitable jurisdictions, and they will be left with empty homes. AVANTSTAY Tourism is obviously an incredibly lucrative business for Southern California, and in a year when many other industries have taken a hit, short term rentals are still seeing growth. So far in 2020 AvantStay has contributed $40,000 to the city of Newport Beach in TOT. We understand the need to regulate the Short Term Lodging industry and we are doing the best we can to abide by the new restrictions, however we feel that many of these harsh new rules will drive business and tourism away from Newport Beach. Given the already difficult financial situation of 2020, we hope that you'll consider how this ordinance may deter short term renters and travelers from visiting Newport Beach and the potential financial impact that might have on your citizens and homeowners. Thank you for your time, we look forward to our continuing relationship with the City of Newport Beach. Sincerely, Fiona Quinn VP of Business Affairs AvantStay, Inc. PO Box 35539 Los Angeles CA 90035 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Mark Markos <mnm218@icloud.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dept - City Council Subject: New STR ordinance [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honorable City Council Members, We fully appreciate all of the effort and hard work that has gone into setting up this new short term rental ordinance as it contains good controls if implemented. Unfortunately, ever since the ordinance went into place the enforcement team has truly done very little to weed out the bad actors . Therefore, our island continues to get battered by the transient tenants coming in and out with no regard to the people that live and work here (noise, parking, excessive occupancy, etc.). This ordinance appears to be a Band-Aid for a much bigger situation and unless code enforcement does something about it we will continue to lose . We need the city Council to put pressure on code enforcement to implement this ordinance to the full extent so we can get our neighborhood back. Unless the owners and management companies are given violations For all the things written in the ordinance they will continue to abuse the privilege. They know what they can get away with and that's exactly what they're doing We will not let up until this is corrected. Thank you, Mark Markos Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Larry Leifer <lawrelei@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 3:36 PM To: Scott McFetters Cc: Dept - City Council; Cc: thomas@stratcomponent.com; roger@cataIinacomponents.com; Mike Veal; winfieldwells@gmail.com; ken@eclecticfinishes.com; Barry Mycorn; Jeff Friedman; Bud Reveley; penny reveley; Mark Markos; Chris Harano; Martin O'Hea; jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com; Richard Wolpow; Mundocane@yahoo.com Subject: Re: New STR Ordinace Enforcement (EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. As a resident of Newport Island for the past 31 years I wish M add my commentson „' current situation regarding short term rentals. economicWe have experienced past situations on the Island, prior to the advent of short term rentals, in which long term tenants have caused disturbances and were deemed undesirable as neighbors. Their unwelcome status usually got resolved by the owner who was personally concerned about the impact on the neighborhood. There was an r to the - iw landlord but it was a conventional • r widely accepted practice. The presence renters did not materially affect the general nature of our quiet residential neighborhood. Even raucous July 4th holiday •r,•o o Balboa ■• .ar It and • n Front streets caused only minor disturbances on the Island. With •: advent w r- Term w. / wM • •. of Newport Island,, the Finley Tract and the beach streets east .M. ! • Boulevard : 111 changed • motel - like community from enterprises w/ b~ r neighborhood. r to their presence w ww •,e parking • almost non-existent. With their advent it got even worse. Moreover the continuing moving in/moving out, street congestion, accompanying visitors and their vehicles, added trash and noise has made our neighborhood more like transient stay hotels/motels without their accompanying parking lots and regulations. This situation begs solutions for strict regulation that are not now in place or if so are inadequate to restore order to the chaos. The short term proprietors see a way to multiply their investment return at a higher rate than long term tenancy would provide. That factor should be used to insure that they are totally responsible to do their business without imposing any undue burden on the residents of the neighborhood in which they are licensed. We should allow only owner -occupied STR rentals with minimum one-week stays in order to get enforcement under control. Since Newport Beach already has more STR's proportionately than any of the other Southern California beach cities there should be no more licenses allowed. Those owners that don't comply should face forfeiture. Respectfully, Lawrence Leifer 3706 Channel Place 2 Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 To Mayor Will O'Neill 7 September 2020 Newport Beach City Council As an owner in Corona Del Mar that has two rental units, we are adamantly opposed to many for the proposals in Short -Term Lodging LCP Amendment (PA2020-048) and Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2420-007. Our parents purchased this property in the mid-1970s. Since that time, we've grown up and still enjoy and occasional visit to Corona Del Mar. Our two units both have a current a valid short-term lodging permit and have never had any issues such as a police car or neighbor complaint. Our property manager carefully screens each applicant and the, majority of tenants that are seeking accommodations in Corona Del Mar are not looking for ,anything more than just a relaxing few days along the beautiful coastline. The proposal requirements of minimum of six nights in July and August is a sure way to have most people not come to our city and will impact the city budget forever. In my opinion, this makes no sense with the current situation of budget shortfalls. We had a tenant from Europe for a few months over the winter that decided to stay longer. He is currently booked through next June 2021. We just had a tenant in the other unit, that wants to come back in September for an extended stay. Does this make sense to send people elsewhere to spend their vacation dollars? As a long term property owner in Corona Del Mar, we favor a minimum two -night stay or if over a Friday — Saturday three -night minimum. As far as Occupancy Limits a 3 per bedroom/loft (so a 3 bedroom would be 9 and a 4 bedrooms would be 12 etc. if you look at the hotels such as the Marriott Spring Hill Suites they have occupancy of 4 (2 doubles) or up to 5 or 6 with a sofa sleeper. We also favor no new permits issued outside the CA. Coastal Commission's Coastal Zone. What we don't want is anything that would limit sales tax paying visitors to our city or force them to go to another city Kind Regards, Diane Burns 407 Heliotrope 407'/2 Heliotrope Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 4:14 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: STIR Newport Island From: Jeff Friedman <JFried man@turnerfiber.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:35 PM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: STIR Newport Island [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Honorable city council members My wife and I purchased our home on Newport Island 20 years ago. Our attraction to The Island was the quaint atmosphere. We could live on the bay, close to the waves and out of the war zone. Well unfortunately that is no longer the case, the war zone has expanded to Newport Island. The on -shore breeze allows us to live comfortably without air conditioning, but the late evening loud noise necessitates that we close our windows. The on going party seen is now an every evening occurrence. This life style is not conducive for a family residential area. I did not think we were moving next door to a hotel. Please re-examine the STIR policy. I believe a 30 day minimum stay would allow Home owners an opportunity to rent their property and still maintain the residential feel we once had. Thank you for reconsidering the STIR policy Regards Jeff & Lynn Friedman 3704 Channel Place Newport Island Sent from Jeff Friedman's mobile Received After Agenda Printed September 8,2020 Item No. SS3 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 4:14 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: STR Conditions on Newport Island From: Bud Reveley <budreveley@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:43 PM To: Dept - City Council<CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: STIR Conditions on Newport Island [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. You have probably wondered why the Newport Island residents are so upset about the number of STR's on our island. We have a number of constraining issues. All of our streets are really in effect one way because one side is striped red and the other side is for parking. In order to get around the island you have to wait for people to come in your direction before you can go in the opposite direction. This is different than a true one-way street such as you have on the rest of the peninsula. I moved from 36 th street across from the Park in 1995 to Newport Island. The reason I left 36 street was because of the vagrants who liked to sleep behind my garage at night. Once in the morning I almost backed out of my garage and crushed one. When I was starting to build here in 19941 had to wait 45 minutes for one of my subcontractors to show up at the site. As I sat in my car I wondered why in that entire 45 minute period, not a single car came by me. What a joy it has been to be in a regular residential neighborhood with friends and acquaintances and kids and dogs and bicycles and all the things you think of in a real neighborhood like P oenvironment. QuietWalks in the morning and evenings and gatherings at the park for barbecues and bring your own dinners. Now we have trash on the streets abandoned bicycles on our sidewalks and dog poop everywhere. What a nightmare it is at night when all the parties start and they pay no attention to the fact that actual residents live here and want rest. We are not Disneyland but are becoming so. This last 4th of July was out of control all over the Peninsula until wee hours of the morning. You must gain control next year so it doesn't happen again. We had bombs exploding over our heads at 40 feet high. All of this was illegal yet in calling the police call center the next day I found that only 2 arrests were made. I have rights as a property owner given to me by our constitution that overrule those of a rental permit holder. Since these STR operators don't live here, its clear both the property owner and operators are only interested in the money. You City Counsel members are here to protect us. We appreciate the efforts in the last months a need assurance that our peace and safety will be assured by strict enforcement of the new rules. Bud Reveley Newport Island Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: Roger Saxton <roger@catalinacomponents.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 8:38 PM To: chris@harano.com Cc: Larry Leifer; Scott McFetters; Dept - City Council; Thomas Hoictan; Michael Veal; Winfield Wells; Ken Keirstead; Barry Mycorn; Jeff Friedman; Bud Reveley; penny reveley; Mark Markos; Marty O'Hea; Joe Bowerbank; Richard Wolpow; Mundocane@yahoo.com; Thomas Horton Subject: Re: New STR Ordinace Enforcement [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I seem to remember the clowns with spit wads eventually getting the shit smacked out of them. I cant imagine the tax haul for STRs on Newport Island is a real difference maker. If they need more tax revenue maybe they need to consider Lido or raising the tax rate on the existing STR on the peninsula. If they think this is a joke, and don't care to enforce what little protections we have, we might need to consider a concerted legal approach. On Sep 8, 2020, at 7:11 PM, chris@harano.com wrote: Watching the city council meeting just now I was struck at how ignorant Mayor O'Neill and Council member Muldoon are at the the issue being caused by short term rentals on Newport Island. Mayor O'Neil emphasized the importance of the $4 million of tax revenue and other economic benefits to the city. He joked about how there are no STRs in his neighborhood ......... classic not in my backyard viewpoint. Muldoon made the comment about people shooting spit wads from the back of the classroom. But he has not had to endure hours of short term renters yelling "shit and "fuck" at the top of their lungs as they get drunk in the streets of what used to be a neighborhood. I have to close my windows to keep my kids from hearing the vulgarity. Or how about when I had to grab the left over bag of cocaine on the sidewalk before my dog ate it while walking early one Sunday morning. Or having to hose down the vomit on the side walk on weekends as a result of the STRs.. These are all STR related incidents. Kevin these are not spit wads from the back of the classroom. They are real facts, real issues that you seem to be ignorant of. I fully appreciate the business case for the city to generate revenue, for people to enjoy property rights (what about my property rights??). But this must be done in accordance with some kind of law and order. You seem to be looking at complaint data or history, that doesn't exist, because there is not system to register these complaint and because the bulk of these permits have only recently been issued. That is not very logical or responsible. You both are missing the issue and fact that rest of us residents are enduring the inconvenience and cost to your desired revenue from short term rentals. Please be more respectful of your residents who live in Newport Beach. Please try to understand there are real issues here. Or compensate me for what we am having to go through to allow the city to generate more revenue. There are many of us on Newport Island who are being impacted negatively by the city's actions. If the city is going to issue the permits then the city needs to take responsibility to manage the issues or compensate those who are impacted by this. The cost of short term rentals is higher than you think. Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 From: chris@harano.com Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 7:11 PM To: Larry Leifer Cc: Scott McFetters; Dept - City Council; Thomas Hoictan; Roger Saxton; Michael Veal; Winfield Wells; Ken Keirstead; Barry Mycorn; Jeff Friedman; Bud Reveley; penny reveley; Mark Markos; Marty O'Hea; Joe Bowerbank; Richard Wolpow; Mundocane@yahoo.com Subject: Re: New STR Ordinace Enforcement [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Watching the city council meeting just now I was struck at how ignorant Mayor O'Neill and Council member Muldoon are at the the issue being caused by short term rentals on Newport Island. Mayor O'Neil emphasized the importance of the $4 million of tax revenue and other economic benefits to the city. He joked about how there are no STRs in his neighborhood ......... classic not in my backyard viewpoint. Muldoon made the comment about people shooting spit wads from the back of the classroom. But he has not had to endure hours of short term renters yelling "shit and "fuck" at the top of their lungs as they get drunk in the streets of what used to be a neighborhood. I have to close my windows to keep my kids from hearing the vulgarity. Or how about when I had to grab the left over bag of cocaine on the sidewalk before my dog ate it while walking early one Sunday morning. Or having to hose down the vomit on the side walk on weekends as a result of the STRs.. These are all STR related incidents. Kevin these are not spit wads from the back of the classroom. They are real facts, real issues that you seem to be ignorant of. I fully appreciate the business case for the city to generate revenue, for people to enjoy property rights (what about my property rights??). But this must be done in accordance with some kind of law and order. You seem to be looking at complaint data or history, that doesn't exist, because there is not system to register these complaint and because the bulk of these permits have only recently been issued. That is not very logical or responsible. You both are missing the issue and fact that rest of us residents are enduring the inconvenience and cost to your desired revenue from short term rentals. Please be more respectful of your residents who live in Newport Beach. Please try to understand there are real issues here. Or compensate me for what we am having to go through to allow the city to generate more revenue. There are many of us on Newport Island who are being impacted negatively by the city's actions. If the city is going to issue the permits then the city needs to take responsibility to manage the issues or compensate those who are impacted by this. The cost of short term rentals is higher than you think. Thank you, Chris Harano 4012 Channel Place Newport Beach On Sep 8, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Larry Leifer <lawrelei@gmail.com> wrote: Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Joe Angelo <joe@angelowhitelaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 10:51 AM To: O'Neill, William; Dept - City Council; City Clerk's Office; Leung, Grace Cc: Billy Skeffington; Arthur White; Ann Grave; Rembert Anderson; Brian Hopkins; Beverley Anderson; Cindy Mardigian; Erick Bickett; Chris Clarizio; Holly Bickett; Ken Rawson; Cindy; David Caruso; Curt Mainard; Chris Goethals; Christiana Matarese; Mindy Curtis; Jim Collins; Dallyn McCuistion; Debbie Gale; Ed O Neill; Ron Gucciardo; Heng Lao; jilllovesfun@gmail.com; Khaldoun; Kristi Karns; mauimary@kristies.org; mark@wcdp.us; Mark Herbert; Russell Fluter; Kelly O'Donovan Carlson; Rob Tysor; Mario Sustayta; Scott Watrous; Lori Palma; Pam White; Mary Louise; Baylee Leavitt; Gia Lomenzo; Nate White Subject: RE: City of Newport Beach: September 8, 2020 City Council Study Session and Regular Meeting Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Mayor and Members of City Council, I have a short term rental permit for my property located at 1504 W. Oceanfront. I have a 3 night minimum posted on my website. I have experienced renters from 3 days to 21 days. I have had ZERO noise complaints! I live in the house next door. I am a good operator. I rely on the rental income to supplement payment of real property taxes. Please do not impose changes to the 3 night minimum. Please direct any changes to bad operators, not good operators. Very Truly Yours, Joe Angelo /�V ANGELO' WHITE 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1200 Newport Beach, CA 92660 P: (949) 640-0800 F: (949) 640-0887 www. an g el owh itel aw. ccm The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain legal advice that is confidential and privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other uses of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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From: Arthur White <art@whitesailrealty.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2020 11:08 AM To: Cindy Mardigian <ardash007@comcast. net>; Ann Grave <grave@scns.com>; Rembert Anderson <remberta@earthlink.net>; Beverley Anderson <beverley@socal.rr.com>; Joe Angelo <joe@angelowhitelaw.com>; Billy Skeffington <billy.skeffington@bensasphalt.com>; Brian Hopkins <bhopkins756@gmail.com>; Erick Bickett <erick@bickett.net>; Holly Bickett <holly@bickett.net>; Kelly O'Donovan Carlson <kelly@balboawatersports.com>; Cindy <cindydiIlion @cox.net>; Curt Mainard <day4golf@gmail.com>; David Caruso <davidcaruso141@hotmail.com>; Chris Clarizio <cclarizio@arborrealestate.com>; Chris Goethals <chrisgoethals@gmail.com>; Christiana Matarese <christimatarese@yahoo.com>; Ken Rawson <ckrawson@att.net>; Mindy Curtis <mindycurtis@themarkco.com>; Jim Collins <jim@jbcollinsinc.com>; Dallyn McCuistion <dallynmay@gmail.com>; Debbie Gale <dgale3800@aol.com>; Ed O Neill <ed@hosumbistro.com>; Ron Gucciardo <villawhite@sbcglobal.net>; Heng Lao <mrclaxxic@yahoo.com>; jilllovesfun@gmail.com; Khaldoun <ksrou@aol.com>; Kristi Karns <kristikarns57@road runner.com>; Lori Palma <lori@whitesailrealty.com>; Mary Louise <132bunkerml@sbcglobal.net>; mauimary@kristies.org; mark@wcdp.us; Mark Herbert <Mark.Herbert@wcdp.com>; Russell Fluter <fluterproperties@gmail.com>; Mario Sustayta <mario.sustayta@servicebrostra nsport.com>; Rob Tysor <rob_tysor@yahoo.com>; Scott Watrous <gsw@freedomescrow.com>; Pam White <pam@whitesailrealty.com>; Baylee Leavitt <baylee@whitesailrealty.com>; Gia Lomenzo <gia@whitesailrealty.com>; Nate White <nate@whitesailrealty.com> Subject: Fwd: City of Newport Beach: September 8, 2020 City Council Study Session and Regular Meeting Hello all, Another call to action here. The city is considering more Big Ideas for changing the short term lodging permit process on Sept 8th (see below). SS3. Short Term Lodging [949-270-81651 The Council Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging will update and seek input from the City Council on recommendations for the next phase of changes to the short term lodging ordinance. I've talked to them offline quite a bit, and they are feeling a lot of pressure to tighten regulations. Some make sense. Some manifestly do not. What we need is to pressure back. What I would ask is that you reach out to them and let them know you oppose anything more than a 3 night minimum, stress how much you as owners have perfect records of compliance with no noise complaints, and work very hard to be good neighbors, but that you also rely greatly on the revenue from these rentals and oppose the city's efforts to harm good operators, and not punish the bad ones. Please shoot them a comment if you have a moment. Emails for city council, city manager and city clerk you can cut and paste: citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov gleung@newportbeachca.gov cityclerk@newportbeachca.gov - Art Art White Broker I White Sail Realty "Your Local Expert for Balboa Peninsula Sales, Rentals and Property Management!" m: (949) 350-1229 p: (949) 673-9900 DRE: 01905655 a: 700 East Balboa Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92661 e: art@whitesailrealty.com w: www.whitesailrealty.com Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: helen mikkelsen <helenbmikkelsen@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 10:48 AM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Short term lodging Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I would like to support comments made by Colleen Howe regarding any further changes to short term lodging. I completely agree with all of her comments. I have a short term rental on Balboa Peninsula. The vast majority of my renters are here visiting their family or friends who live close by. Let's punish those that are breaking the existing rules rather than imposing new rules upon all rental property owners and forcing many of us out of business. Thanks for your consideration. Helen Mikkelsen Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: helen mikkelsen <helenbmikkelsen@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 10:37 AM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Short term lodging Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Brandi, Leilani [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi - I am a property owner of a short term rental unit on the Balboa Peninsula as well as a resident. I am unsure exactly what I am commenting on as I have not received any information about what the "next stage" is exactly ..... I have already complied with the changes that have been implemented over the past few months - nightly minimums, posting business license, etc.....could you perhaps explain what the next stage would involve so that property owners could provide you with informed comment. Thanks Helen Mikkelsen 6 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Nikki Leeper <nikki.leeper@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 4:38 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: my family is badly impacted by short-term rental ordinance - TODAY's HEARING Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear City Council Members, My apologies that this email is past the submittal period, but I felt it was important to send none -the -less. We are a young family of 5, and long time residents (12 years) of Iris Avenue in Corona Del Ma. We have been VERY BADLY impacted by this short-term housing program in the Village. By allowing these short-term rentals, the City has essentially turned our block into a hotel of sorts, commercializing our residential neighborhood. We have THREE (3) Vrbo/Airbnb rentals around our house ... the worst offender being directly next door. Where we once knew/had a relationship with these neighbors, we are now subjected to new noise, trash, parking issues every 3 days or so as a new crop of renters come in, most ready to party and be loud. The house next door to us has a patio that looks into our bedroom window, we are frequently woken at all hours of the night as the short-term guests have zero concern for noise rules. These rentals are destroying our beach community way of life and impact the possibility of long-term renters from finding units so that they can live and work in the area. Just in the last month, we've been woken up between the hours of 12-2:30am by a bachelorette party that was being entertained by a stripper (shouting, cheering, drunk screaming), it's like living next door to a bar. Another short-term group woke us up at 4:30am with gangster rap music, profanity, marijuana smoke around our kids, the list goes on. They block our driveway, shout between the houses, blast music and shout drunken obscenities. We are tired of being subjected to a new crop of people every few days who don't know or don't care about rules like parking, acceptable noise hours, appropriate volume when walking between closely spaced houses, etc. we've had our driveway blocked and our alley access blocked so many times. Recently a random man wandered into our yard to ask a question ... he felt that was acceptable because he'd just checked in next door. With 3 young kids, it's especially not fun having strangers constantly checking in and out next door ... I know nothing about them, they often smoke pot or play obscene rap music late at night and their balcony looks onto our patio and straight into our bedroom window. This is a quaint beach community with closely spaced houses. These short term rentals are also preventing more long term renters from finding homes... people that work in the area and want to live nearby! We love our neighbors and the sense of community and shared values here... provides security and comfort to know the people you live near, especially in a beach community where homes are so closely spaced. Mutual respect is a huge part of living here because people understand that you can hear everything between the houses. It's impossible to control the comings and goings of new people every few days... especially with absentee owners who rely on property manage companies to choose their short term renters. Property owners here pay upwards of $4m to buy a home here only to have a hotel start up next door, how is this fair? The city already gets property taxes and there is a housing shortage in California - these homes should be available for long-term renters who contribute to our wonderful neighborhood. The worst offenders on our street are the houses owned by absentee renters - when the owner lives in the neighborhood or up -front, then there is someone who can address issues immediately. Thanks, Nikki Leeper Sent from my Whone Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 3:24 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Follow up to all pictures sent for todays meeting. Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Week of July 18, 2020 We called the police, sent letters to city council explaining what was happening, asking for assistance, called Burr White to ask for a conversation about their tenants coming into our yards to retrieve balls ect... called Beachview due to renters blocking garages, noise until wee hours, excesses of 20+ people on property everyday not just on the beach in front of the property. We didn't want to create any more physical and verbal battles between us (the homeowners) and the weekly renters so we were cautious to not take direct photos of them. We know the houses they were utilizing and we know the rental companies that book them and then look the other way. Both Burr White and Beachview told us it was not their problem it was in fact the police that would have to control the weekly's. Just because the contract says sleeps 6 and 12 on the property at any given time does not mean it has any teeth to it. The weekly renters make it clear they have no concern for quality of life of others while they are paying for a beachfront or rows back rental. The property's we've complained to the city council about is on record via emails sent. We aren't the only ones affected by transient behavior so we band together for a stronger voice in weekly renter rights vs. homeowner right to quality of life, peace and quiet and protection of private property. Cindy Gittleman 11 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: Weekly renters July 22nd by 7:43a.m. already no room for residents put chairs by ocean edge. From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:08 PM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Weekly renters July 22nd by 7:43a.m. already no room for residents put chairs by ocean edge. I Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: Crowd from just 4701 Seashore on left and 4800 block of Seashore/ Utah Group of 50+ renters everyday same set up spot. Nightmare for homeowners rental companies non responsive. From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:17 PM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Crowd from just 4701 Seashore on left and 4800 block of Seashore/ Utah Group of 50+ renters everyday same set up spot. Nightmare for homeowners rental companies non responsive. Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: 4701 Seashore weekly rental 2 bdrm 2 bath rental company said as long as they are on the beach no assistance yet all these people are in / out of that tiny rental ALL DAY LONG From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:53 PM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: 4701 Seashore weekly rental 2 bdrm 2 bath rental company said as long as they are on the beach no assistance yet all these people are in / out of that tiny rental ALL DAY LONG Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: Every morning by 6:30 a.m. weekly renters start to take entire stretch of beach so homeowners have no access. From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:58 PM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Every morning by 6:30 a.m. weekly renters start to take entire stretch of beach so homeowners have no access. Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: Weekly renter from 4808/4811 set up from 4600 to 4700 block by 7:30a.m. every morning Week of July 18th 2020, renters assured owners they will do the same next year. From: Cindy Gittleman <cindygittleman@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 3:09 PM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Weekly renter from 4808/4811 set up from 4600 to 4700 block by 7:30a.m. every morning Week of July 18th 2020, renters assured owners they will do the same next year. Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Denys Oberman <dho@obermanassociates.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:37 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: City Council- Study Session of Sept 8- Request to speak Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Please enter this into the public record. I wish to provide comment regarding the City's updates to its Short Term Lodging ordinances, which the City Council has under consideration. There is already a proliferation of STL units in the City. To preserve the integrity, safety and physical stock of our residential neighborhoods, I request that the Council cap the number of STL permits . The operators of vacation rental businesses have realized windfalls on the backs of our residents for many years. They can look to changing their business models to acheive additional revenue streams. Thank you, Denys H. Oberman Oceanfront resident and community stakeholder Please disregard the signature and confidentiality notice, below. Regards, Denys H. Oberman, CEO NOBERMAN Skolegy QnO FVwX*C" Ady4w OBERMAN Strategy and Financial Advisors 2600 Michelson Drive, Suite 1700 Irvine, CA 92612 Tel (949) 476-0790 Cell (949) 230-5868 Fax (949) 752-8935 Email: dho anobermanassociates.com 20 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Wetherholt, Drew <Drew.Wetherholt@marcusmillichap.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:32 PM To: Dept - City Council Cc: City Clerk's Office Subject: Council Seeking Input on Short -Term Lodging Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Planning Commissioners/Councilmembers: I'd like to offer some of our thoughts and concerns regarding STRs. I am both a resident of the Peninsula for over 28 years and an owner of several STRs both in Newport as well as other communities. We self -manage and are very hands- on with our properties. Simply put, we do not tolerate problematic guests and that begins that proper screening before they even book. With over 800+ bookings, we have never had a single complaint from neighbors and/or a police call for disturbances/parties etc. Proper management, limitation, and enforcement is extremely important in controlling STRs. Unfortunately, we also live across the street from some poorly managed STRs and it is difficult given the constant problems and disturbances. As a result, we understand both sides of the equation. Aspects that we would like to share with the STRs: 1. Limited occupancy- Only 2 persons per bedroom and NO "floaters"; Limited daytime occupancy to only double the permitted occupancy. PERMIT OCCUPANCY NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED. OCCUPANCY LEVELS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS BEING VIOLATED BY THE GUESTS BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE THAN WHAT THE STR PERMIT ALLOWS FOR. 2. 3 Day minimum bookings would be better- Having a min. of 6 days really will not be enforceable. City already has a problem enforcing occupancy levels; how is the City going to enforce a 6 -day minimum? 3. Cap the number of STRs. We truly have too many when compared to other beach communities. There needs to be a balance. Cap at 1,500 and allow for the natural attrition to eventually reduce the numbers to 800 max. 4. Start a "Respect Our Neighborhoods!" campaign entailing how we expect our guests to treat our neighborhoods when they're on vacation and the residents are not. This could be done at both the City level and the City could encourage the STR platforms like Airbnb and VRBO to start a similar campaign. Police and Code Enforcement & Fines- Do we really need more regulations when the existing ones really are not enforced? Base on my observations, personal experience, and discussions with both the police and code enforcement, there is little to no communication between the departments. THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER ENFORCEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE BAD OPERATORS. Let me give you an example. The police are called to a property for a party disturbance and they come out and simply do a "advise & complied". The minute the PD drives off the street that party only continues. Police are again called out and the same thing happens. It is not uncommon to see the PD called out to a property 2-3 times in a period of 1-3 days. Yet there not any citations or DACs. In fact over the last 3 months there have been probably several hundred 23 disturbance calls for police service on the peninsula with the police often going to the same problem properties multiply times and there have only been 2-3 DACs according to the police calls for service logs. Now its my understanding after talking with police dispatch that the responding officers do not make note in the file that the disturbance call is a STR. In fact, when we have asked the dispatch to note this in a call is for a problem STR property, dispatch says they do not do that and instructs people to call Code Enforcement. Yet dispatch wasn't even able to provide the phone number for Code enforcement. Clearly, the PD and Code are not effectively communicating. In discussions with Code, they have said they are only aware of problem property if the property gets a DAC. Needless to say, the average resident does understand this process and/or doesn't have the time to chase down multiple departments to address their disturbance complaints. When residents call the police for a disturbance, there is zero impact to the STR management company and/or owner. Complaints/disturbances are only repeated, and the residents only grow more frustrated due to zero enforcement and the pattern only continues to repeat itself. Should police be called to a STR 3-4 times, the Code department should know about it in order to take action. 3-4 legitimate disturbance calls to a STR should result in a significant fine to BOTH the property owner and the property manager. This will hold the property management companies and owner accountable. So many of these property management companies do not properly screen their tenants or enforce their rules. They simply cram as many people into the STIR and they really don't care about the problems since they get their management fees regardless. Try calling any of these property management companies at 2AM and experience the lack/no response for yourself. When Mommy & Daddy rents a STR for their high school student and his 18 friends- this is not acceptable practice. (this just happened this weekend on our street). Police were called twice. However, code doesn't even know about it unless residents then make separate calls to code ( and code doesn't work weekends). By the time code gets out there Monday or Tuesday the guests are gone. There needs to be better communication, enforcement, and significant penalties to hold the management companies and owners accountable. Should any of you have further questions or wish to discuss in greater detail, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'd be happy to provide you greater insight have how a STR should be properly operated to eliminate neighborhood disturbances, photos, and copies of the police calls -for -service logs. Thank you for your consideration! Drew Wetherholt 949-466-6088 24 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Robert Ranger <raranger@road runner.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 1:15 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: Short term rental planning input Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello City Planners, My one suggestion for committee planning next phase for short term rentals: please wait to start planning improvements to city rules until after adequate time has been given to see the impact of the recently implemented new rules. The best way to to improve is to look at what works and what does not, and then take action. Thank You, Robert Ranger 714.269.0661 30 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Drew Wetherholt <wetherholt@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 12:59 PM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: STR Regulations Study Session Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Council, As both a peninsula resident and a STIR operator, I believe the path forward is to cap the number of STRs at 500-700. Looking at other cities our size and the number of permits issued would be a guide. The current number of permits at around 1500 is not sustainable. Even with added police, an additional weekly trash pickup and excellent property management it is nearly impossible to control what goes on at STRs. The cap can be achieved through attrition, not issuing permits and permits carry with the owner and on a specific unit/property (not the owner or unit/property). After the cap is reached, permits can be issued from a wait list or a lottery. Over the past 15 years, the density of development on the peninsula has increased. This was needed and great when the development was for residential purposes but here is what happened on our block. What used to be 3 small single family homes with 1-2 residents each has turned into 8 condos (1 of the homes sat on a double lot). The 8 condos had anywhere from 3-7 residents total in each building. Over the past 5-7 years, 4 of those condos received STRs permits allowing 8-12 people/unit so a total of 16-24 people in each building. This is only one example of what has happened up and down the peninsula. The owner/operators are good plus following all city codes and ordinances. Occupancy levels have more than quadrupled while services have not. In addition to the development, older properties have seen occupancy increase. Our 2 bed, 1 baths currently have a 4 person occupancy level. When the properties were annual rentals the occupancy was 2 people. The perfect storm of development and a rise in STRs has created a problem. Development needs to happen while STRs numbers need to be controlled. STIR guests will tell property managers and owners they are renting for a family of 6 and show up with a family of 6. After the owner or property manager leaves, the other friends and family pile in. If you stop by and ask about the numbers, friends/family are visiting or using the restroom plus you must prepare for the bad review for questioning their occupancy numbers. It just happens and it is difficult to control and manage. There is a lot of finger pointing about who is at fault for this overcrowded mayhem on the peninsula. The finger points at the city, property management companies, the guests, the owners and the rental platforms. In reality, it is partially each one of the aforementioned that is at fault. STIRS are a tradition on the peninsula. In the past, there has been a better balance between STRs and residents. The balance is now off so it is time to update the long standing tradition of STRs. We can place all kinds of codes, rules and restrictions on STRs. The ability to enforce them is a hardship that no intently has stepped up to lead. The way forward is to follow the example of other cities and cap the number of STRs to a more manageable level. Sincerely, Holly Wetherholt 31 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: Tammy DiGiamarino <tdigiamari@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 9:21 AM To: City Clerk's Office Subject: City's short-term lodging ordinance Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Categories: Kim [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning, Our apologies for not sending this sooner - we were out of town. QUESTION What will happen to the STL applications submitted during the COVID-19 shut down? Le., applications that were submitted after the council put a moratorium on approving new STL permits? We have a permit in process (submitted in April). We purchased our property with the intent of doing short-term rentals to help off -set some of the costs with owning a second home. We plan to be good stewards of our neighbors and the City of Newport Beach in regard to short-term rentals. We plan to rent to families and NOT to young people who intend to our home as a party place. COMMENT: We understand the need to potentially limit the number of permits. However, being sensitive to homeowners who have recently purchased with the intent to do short-term rentals, it would seem fair to gradually introduce the limits on short term rental permits over a period of several years. This will give potential new home buyers the knowledge these new rules are in place and will allow home buyers the opportunity to make financial decisions best for them. We do agree with the limit of a minimum of 3 nights during the summer months. However, perhaps the City Council would consider a 2 night minimum in the off-season? October to May? September to June? Some combination of those months? Thank you for taking the time to consider our question and comments. Warmly, Ed and Tammy DiGiamarino 125 E Bay Ave. 951-204-3419 ENDO Y THE DAY! Tammy DiGiamarino Kaleo Real Estate Company DRE# 01188276 951-204-3419 37 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: Short Term Lodging - Summer Weekly Change Suggestion From: Kirsten Schmieder <krschmieder@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 10:07 AM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov>; Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Short Term Lodging - Summer Weekly Change Suggestion Dear City Clerk and Council Members, I understand that the City will once again be discussing changes to Short -Term Lodging in Newport Beach. SUMMER WEEKLY was the term I remember hearing when I was a child and my my family rented a beach house on the Balboa Peninsula. The lack of minimum days for summer rentals is probably 95% of the problem here on the Peninsula. When did a minimum 7 -night summer rental go to a 1, 2, and now 3 -night minimum rental period? The impact of shorter than the 7 - night rental period during the summer months promotes nothing but problems. Traffic congestion and noise from people moving in and out of properties. Plus, double parked cleaning vans from the property management crews. Consider this - if you wanted to rent a beach house for a quick group getaway, a 3 -night stay vs. a 7 -night stay is very affordable. When you have a minimum 7 -night stay, you have to be a little more committed as a guest/renter of being respectful to the neighbors since you are staying or a longer period of time. Other coastal cities have a weekly minimum from June through August. I propose that a 7 -night minimum stay to be required for all properties managed by offsite property management companies and a S -night minimum stay to be required for properties with onsite owner/property managers during the summer months. During the other months of the year, the current minimum stay of 3 -nights for onsite owner/property managers and 4-5 night for the offsite property management companies. Do not issue any new STL permits. There are far too many! The neighborhood dynamic has changed tremendously over the years and we need our streets to have more full-time residents residing here. There used to be far more 9 -month leases and summer weekly rentals which was far better than what is happening. I have written you all before and the following is repeated - As a full-time Peninsula resident, property owner, and onsite property manager of a vacation rental since 2008, 1 have first-hand witnessed changes in the local Short Term Lodging industry and our neighborhood. When we first began renting our 1 bedroom/1 bathroom rental short-term Burr White Realty did me a favor in denying me their property management services. They claimed to not manage any properties on the two hundred blocks of the Peninsula (no market for it), thus prompting me to get my own business license and STL Permit. -Clearly times have changed! I was forced to manage my own place but in doing so, I know my guests, take pride in my property, and promote the local businesses to my guests. I can attest that the problems with STL's are first and foremost due to poor property mismanagement and two, lack of regulations, and the City of Newport Beach granting STL's to properties that should never have become vacation rentals. I do hope that changes will be made and implemented. We have a beautiful community here but we need full-time residents with pride of ownership not just investors buying properties to make them vacation rentals. Sincerely, Kirsten Schmieder 29th Street Resident/Owner T. 949.903.2533 Received After Agenda Printed September 9, 2020 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. SS3 From: City Clerk's Office Subject: FW: **TESTIMONY** Study Session for Additional Short-term Rental Regulations Importance: High From: Roger Lew <rxljuprop@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 10:36 AM To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Cc: rxljuprop@gmail.com Subject: **TESTIMONY** Study Session for Additional Short-term Rental Regulations Importance: High Honorable Members of the Newport Beach City Council, My family owns and operates two Airbnb short term lodging units as well as long term rental units on the Balboa Peninsula. Although we do receive income by providing short term lodging for our guests, our primary mission is to provide housing for families and friends in order to create lasting memories by the beach. I have personally attended several city council meetings via the web and I have become familiar with the challenges that you have faced with short term lodging in the City of Newport Beach. Although, I live in nearby Costa Mesa, as a property owner, I fully understand and sympathize with the challenges that the permanent residents have experienced with short term lodging. Even though I do not reside in Newport Beach, as a property owner, I want my guests and tenants to be good neighbors. For this reason, I fully support city ordinance 2020-15 that recently became effective on August 13, 2020. This ordinance, I believe, will be a very effective law to address the problem issues that the permanent residents and even property owners have brought to the city council concerning short term lodging. I understand that the city council is considering additional regulations for short term lodging. Being that Ordinance 2020-15 has only been in effect for less than a month, would it not make better sense to postpone any further regulations until measurements can be made to determine if any further regulations are needed? With the advent of COVID-19 and its associated restrictions, we have already seen changes in the travel industry. Because of the travel restrictions, many people coming to Newport Beach from neighboring states like Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Many others are remaining near their homes and they are coming from nearby counties and cities in California. The future of short term lodging is changing and even short term lodging hosts will not know for certain about the travel industry for at least a year. It would make the most sense to wait until the travel industry settles down to really be able to see what effect that Ordinance 2020-15 will have on short term lodging in Newport Beach. Thank you for your time and consideration. Roger Lew Business Manager Jw Prapt4i , LL -0 P.O. Box 3528, Costa Mesa, CA 92628 Bus. Phone: 213-488-9653 Mobile: 714-318-8309 Email: rxliuprop(a)amail.com Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Rieff, {dim Item No. SS3 From: Jill Decker <jrdecker87@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 1:23 PM To: Dept - City Council Subject: Short term rentals study session [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Council members, I am unable to attend the short term rentals study session in person today, but as a permit holder and property owner as well as a local resident of the Balboa Peninsula area, I do have strong opinions on lodging ordinances. Short term vacation rental properties are the heart of the tourism in Newport Beach especially the peninsula area. Local businesses thrive on tourism and need it for survival. These businesses have already suffered enough during the pandemic. Putting any more restrictions on short term rentals will only hurt local businesses and the local economy more. I do not support any restriction greater than a 2 night minimum stay because of this. Renters will be unable to make weekend trips with longer stay requirements which inhibits local businesses especially during low season winter months. I do not support a cap on short term lodging permits either. If a property has it's own off street parking, short term permits should be available to the property owners. Jillian Decker Rieff, Kim From: Roger Saxton <roger@catalinacomponents.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 2:00 PM To: Dept - City Council Cc: Scott McFetters; Thomas Horton Subject: Re: STR Received After Agenda Printed September 8, 2020 Item No. SS3 [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On Sep 8, 2020, at 12:04 PM, Roger Saxton <roger@catalinacomponents.com> wrote: Hello Council Members, I appreciate your communications with Scott with respect to our cherished neighborhood. I know the minority in this matter happens to be the louder squeaking wheel but I would hope this matter resonates deeper than who is writing more letters. We took a vote in our neighborhood and it was overwhelmingly in favor of stopping this reckless trend. Most importantly, I think it should be noted that the squeaky wheel contingency has no problem pawning this off to Advanstay, a money grubbing group that has ZERO consideration for the neighbors they are impacting. Neither the owners nor Advanstay has much to be concerned at this point because enforcement has been so scarce. Council Members, I sincerely believe you would be standing shoulder to shoulder with us if you lived on our small little piece of paradise. This would be resolved in a heartbeat. As it stands we are making this dense to a point of danger. Please please please help us stop this trend. We did not move here to live like this. That is why we don't live on the peninsula. Best Regards, Roger Saxton Catalina Components Inc. Phone 949 375 6111 Fax 480 377 0436 The information in this email and attachments hereto may contain legally privileged, proprietary or confidential information that is intended for a particular recipient. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s),you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this e-mail information is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to Catalina Components Inc. customers or vendors, any information contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions in the governing contract, if applicable. If you have received this