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Clackamas County hears mixed views at STR town hall; residents press for enforcement and owner‑occupied limits
Summary
At a virtual town hall on the county's short‑term rental (STR) pilot, residents urged stricter enforcement, lower occupancy limits and restrictions on investor‑owned rentals while hosts and small operators asked for fair enforcement, automated tax collection and protections for historic family properties. Commissioners said no decisions were made and extended the pilot to gather more input.
Clackamas County held a virtual town hall on its short‑term rental (STR) pilot program where commissioners listened to more than an hour of live comments and dozens of emailed submissions that split residents and hosts over enforcement, fees and density.
Commissioner Paul Savas, who helped craft the county's STR pilot, opened with background on the program’s goals and constraints, saying the county adopted county code chapter 8.1 and an ordinance in September 2023 to address neighborhood livability complaints. Savas said the pilot was designed to be self‑supporting and described core provisions that he said were part of the pilot: a transient lodging surcharge of 0.85% applied to each rental (he estimated the average charge at about $1 per booking), a maximum occupancy set at two people per bedroom plus four additional occupants capped at 15, a parking requirement of one off‑street space per two sleeping areas, weekly covered trash containers, quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., safety equipment and a posted 24/7 emergency contact with a two‑hour response expectation. He emphasized…
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