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Clatsop County weighs rules for short-term rentals in floating residences
Summary
County staff presented options to allow or limit short-term rentals (STRs) in floating residences in the AC2 zone; staff identified three paths (leave code as-is, draft amendments to allow multiple STRs per parcel with parking exceptions, or update building code), and commissioners asked for more research and to return the item later.
Clatsop County commissioners took up a work-session report on whether to allow short-term rentals in floating residences and what code changes would be required to do so.
Gail Henriksen, community development director, said staff surveyed nearby jurisdictions and found varying approaches: Scappoose generally disallows STRs, Columbia County allows them without specific rules, and Portland and Multnomah County regulate floating homes through local building-code amendments because the…
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