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Planning commission continues short‑term rental code review as residents, operators spar over fees and enforcement
Summary
At a Feb. 19 special meeting (recorded as the City of Poland Planning Commission), residents and STR operators offered competing views on proposed short‑term rental rules for Pullman — from one speaker’s call to audit the housing master plan to operators’ cost estimates — while commissioners debated a $200 lifetime application fee and whether the code should include a mechanism to revoke permits after repeated complaints. Staff will return revised language next week.
The planning commission continued its review of proposed short‑term rental rules on Feb. 19, hearing more than a dozen public comments and an extended discussion among commissioners and staff about fees, safety requirements and enforcement. No final code change was adopted; staff was asked to revise the draft and return the amendments for further consideration at the next meeting.
Commissioners opened the meeting by calling roll and approving minutes from Jan. 28 on a motion from Lorena, seconded by Joe. The commission then resumed a multiweek discussion of proposed amendments to the city’s short‑term rental chapter; staff said tonight’s input would be folded into a revised draft for the commission’s next meeting.
Residents and operators filled the public‑comment period. Cindy Kotanda Raman, who said she has been a Pullman resident for 10 years, urged the commission to “trigger a draft comprehensive master plan audit” before easing rules, arguing that housing is a public‑health capacity issue and that loosening rules for two‑bedroom STRs would worsen competition for one‑bedroom units used by seniors. “Housing is a public health capacity issue,” she told commissioners.
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