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Planning staff propose new nightly‑rental rules tied to platform licensing and a per‑booking fee
Summary
Planning director and compliance coordinator presented data showing hundreds of unlicensed nightly rentals in the unincorporated county and proposed regulating booking platforms or creating a per‑booking fee to improve compliance and recoup revenue.
Okanogan County planning staff presented preliminary research on nightly rentals and recommended updating the county code to regulate nightly‑rental platforms and increase compliance.
Pete Palmer, director of planning, introduced the briefing and asked the board for direction after Josh Hickman, compliance coordinator, presented data gathered from a third‑party analytics review. The presentation cited a preliminary scan that identified 452 unique nightly‑rental listings in unincorporated Okanogan County and noted that only 76 nightly‑rental licenses had been issued to date for 2025. Staff said analytics providers give wide market estimates — one provider estimated about $2 million in gross revenue…
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