VHR advisory board denies appeal of $500 fine for Stateline rental at 115 Cypress Way

The Douglas County Vacation Home Rental Advisory Board on Thursday upheld a $500 civil penalty assessed to the owners of 115 Cypress Way in Stateline, denying an appeal of a code-enforcement finding that the property violated county vacation-home-rental (VHR) rules.

Board members voted 3–1 to deny the appeal after hearing presentations from county staff, the homeowners and neighbors. The county’s staff report and the sheriff’s incident record drove much of the board’s review; the board also considered the owners’ noise-monitor data and neighbor recordings submitted in the record.

The penalty, issued under Douglas County code section 20.622040, stemmed from a noise disturbance reported to the sheriff on May 3 and from a separate finding the owners had not conspicuously posted the VHR permit at the property. County staff told the board they received the sheriff’s report (time recorded about 00:59) and issued a notice of violation and assessment of the civil penalty on May 12. The code cited requires owners to use “best efforts” to prevent…