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Douglas County panel debates VHR code of conduct language, enforcement and posting rules
Summary
Members of the Douglas County VHR advisory group debated a proposed code of conduct for short-term rental permit holders, focusing on smoking (including marijuana), outdoor fire pits, who must post the rules, and how enforcement would work via owners, property managers and county staff.
The Douglas County VHR Advisory Board discussed a draft code of conduct for vacation/home rentals that would require permit holders to post household rules, limit behavior that negatively affects neighbors, and clarify enforcement responsibility among owners, property managers and county code enforcement.
Board members and staff said the code would be intended as a tool to reduce nuisances such as smoke, noise and unsafe fire use while preserving owners' discretion over house rules. Douglas County staff described the draft as an example that permit holders could adapt for each property rather than a single county-authored document.
“This was born out of a conversation with a commissioner, related to past comments ... about inappropriate hats, urination off decks, pot smoke, wafting around properties and to name a few things,” Douglas County staff member Ernie Strehlow said, explaining the ordinance language's origin and the enforcement challenges that prompted the board to consider a formal code.
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