Submit Public Comment to Lincoln County
TAKE ACTION - DUE OCT 26 at 11:59 PM PT: Submit Public Comment to Lincoln County
This is your last chance to get your comments into the public record in order to establish grounds for a potential appeal regarding Lincoln County Ordinance #523.
Public Comment Suggested Script:
Meeting Date: 10/27/21
Topic: Agenda Item
Subject: Reconsider Proposed Ordinance #523
Comment:
“My name is ____
I have owned a vacation rental since ___ renting to families on a short term basis. This is expressly allowed by Lincoln County’s zoning code for single family homes, and is therefore a lawful use. I have allowed up to __ number of people lawfully and continuously.
Lincoln County’s proposed ordinance #523 will change my use from a lawful one to an unlawful one, and not permit me to continue the use, contrary to ORS 215.130(5). In addition, Ordinance #523 will prevent me from transferring that grandfathered use, contrary to ORS 215.130(5). In other words, grandfathering rights the County allowed to homes in 2016 also apply to the homes that would have occupancy cut by the new Ordinance. Instead of applying the new standard prospectively, the Ordinance will violate state law by taking away existing lawful uses.
I would respectfully ask the Commissioners to reconsider.
My home has never been subject to a complaint of over-occupancy, inadequate septic, noise or garbage violation. In this sense, you are engaging in a quasi-judicial process, targeting my lawful use, without due process for me.
[If a home is located in an HOA or Community with CC&Rs which expressly allow vacation rentals, include the following:]
Finally, my home is located in ________[Bayshore, Bella Beach, etc.], which has HOA rules and/or CC&Rs that expressly allow short term rentals within the community. The County Ordinance would impair my contractual rights, which have already been resolved within the law applicable to this community. The County ordinance should not apply to communities where short term rentals are expressly allowed or where the question has been decided according to the rules of the HOA or community covenants.
[Closing comments]”
