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South Lake Tahoe planning panel upholds two short‑term rental denials as council weighs buffer change
Summary
The Planning Commission denied two vacation-home-rental appeals — for properties at 759 Lakeview Avenue and 3340 Pioneer Trail — while members pressed for city-council action to address the 150-foot buffer rule that blocked applications and created timing-based conflicts.
The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on Sept. 1 denied two appeals of vacation-home-rental (VHR) permit denials and debated city council-directed changes to a 150-foot buffer rule that has blocked several applicants.
Commissioners upheld a staff resolution denying the appeal of the permit denial at 759 Lakeview Avenue after deliberations and a voice roll call (Chair: Aye; Vice Chair Luckingsinger: Aye; Commissioner Feiger: Aye; Commissioner Eimhoff: No; Commissioner Williams: No). The commission also denied the appeal of Seamus Fitzsimmons for a VHR application at 3340 Pioneer Trail.
The decisions turned on ordinance language and application timing rather than the court ruling that struck down the earlier Measure T framework. Planning manager John Hitchcock told the commission that the city's position is that "court ruling is not…
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