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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016
Short-term rental
owners fret over
impact of rules
Vacation
homeowners
say it’s a
matter of
‘survival’
ilies began meeting in 2014
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They say short-term
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step education.
“What I’d like to see
them do is educate those
who have short-term rentals,
By R.J. MARX
let everyone know what they
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expect as good neighbors,”
GEARHART — Oppo- Marshall said.
Schroeder said the num-
nents of limits on vacation
rentals in Gearhart say they ber, and the threat, of short-
are not getting equal time term rentals is vastly over-
in the debate and the city rated and the small number
has already decided to enact of vacation property own-
rules, overriding their input. ers — by the city’s estimate,
Gearhart property own- about 75 to 80 — does not
ers Katherine Schroeder and need to be regulated.
“People think there are
Nancy Marshall, in a discus-
sion at Schroeder’s home lots of us,” Schroeder said.
The city has tried to
Wednesday, said vacation
homeowners could effec- prove higher numbers of
short-term rentals in Gear-
tively regulate themselves.
They oppose the city’s hart, but in the last two
plans to seek changes in years, the number of such
the zoning code to regulate homes has remained about
short-term lodging of 30 the same, she said.
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days or less.
Schroeder’s North Mar- homes in Gearhart are sec-
ion Avenue home was rented ondary homes, they’re not
by the previous owners, and primary residences. Of
rented continuously for those. It’s a small handful
who rent.
about 65 years.
Bad apples among home-
Marshall, a North Mar-
ion Avenue resident, arrived owners would be dealt with
by peer pressure, Schroeder
in Gearhart in 1989.
“We’ve had the beach said. “We know who they
house since 1989,” Mar- are.”
Rather than new rules,
shall said. “We needed to
rent it, and continue to rent the city should do more to
it. We’re not opposed to the enforce existing regula-
tax, but to have the city tell tions, and condos or apart-
me how I can use my prop- ments should have a man-
ager who enforces rules on
erty really irritates me.”
Schroeder and Mar- their properties.
“Gearhart has noise
shall vigorously oppose
rules,” Schroeder said.
restrictions.
“Those who want to reg- “They can enforce the noise
ulate think it’s for the good rules, the garbage rules,
of the community but those the parking rules. They’re
of us who don’t want regula- already in the books,
tions, think it’s to survive,” they’re in the city code.
“In 28 years, not once
Schroeder said. “The regu-
lations are not simply regu- have I ever had a letter from
lations, they are restrictions, the city to say my party mis-
also, which I think is a big behaved, a party, or trash,”
Marshall said.
distinction.”
Many of the complaints
“People think we’re mak-
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Marshall said. “We’re not.” undocumented or vague,
Renting their homes out Schroeder added, particu-
on a short-term basis allows larly complaints about gar-
property owners to use their bage strewn about or noise
own properties for part of from parties.
“How did they know
the year, Schroeder said.
Gearhart is different than it was short-term rent-
other cities, Schroeder and ers?” Schroeder asked.
“They could very well be
Marshall both said.
Schroeder, Marshall and the owner using their own
several other Gearhart fam- home.”
NORTH COAST SYMPHONIC BAND
Warrenton scorches Naselle
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WARRENTON — Warren-
ton racked up 14 hits, and three
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hits with nine strikeouts Thurs-
day, in a 13-3 win over Naselle
at Huddleston Field.
Starter Joe Little (four strike-
outs, one walk) and relievers
Dalton Knight and Justice Wat-
son combined for the 10-run
Warrior win, helping Warren-
ton improve to 5-2 overall.
Warrenton has a pair of non-
league games Saturday at home
vs. Monroe, before Lewis &
Clark League play begins next
week.
The Warriors scored seven
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day’s win, highlighted by an RBI
double from Kale’o Kapua, and
run-scoring singles by Gavon
McFadden (his second hit of the
inning) and Watson.
Warrenton has now scored
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seven games this season.
Watson had three hits to lead
the Warriors, while Anthony
Cochran had a double and Mat-
thew Burgher added a pinch-hit
single in the fourth inning.
Naselle’s Jacob Scrabeck
had a two-run double in the third
inning, and Donny Edwards
scored twice for the Comets.
Scrabeck started on the
mound and gave way to
Edwards in the second. The two
combined for seven strikeouts
and three walks.
More local sports news on
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Softball — Gaston at Knappa (2), 3
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Track — Seaside at McKenzie, 10
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Softball — Monroe at Warrenton (2),
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PRESHO W AT 1:30 P.M .
Warrenton 13, Naselle 3
Naselle
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Warrenton
711 121—13 14 3
Scrabeck, Edwards (2) and
Bergeson; Little, Knight (4), Watson (6)
and McFadden. W: Little. L: Scrabeck.
RBI: Nas, Scrabeck 2; War, Foster 2,
Watson 2, Cochran, Kapua, McFad-
den, Wilson. 2B: Nas, Scrabeck; War,
Kapua, Cochran, Watson. HBP: Nas,
Bergeson; War, Little, Cochran, Foster.
LOB: Naselle 7, Warrenton 8.
Sea, Ideue. 3B: Sea, Ideue, Shand.
LOB: Warrenton 7, Seaside 10.
Game 2
Seaside 9, Warrenton 5
Warrenton 130 001 0—5 8 2
Seaside
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WP: Sequoia Shand (0 K’s, 3 walks).
Astoria 11, Scappoose 5
Astoria
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Scappoose 100 001 3—5 6 3
Lyngstad, Wallace (7) and Helm-
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Ast, O’Brien 3, Fremstad 2, Helmer-
LP: Landree Miethe (8 K’s, 7 walks).
RBI: War, Miethe, Bussert; Sea, Gon-
zales 3, Westerholm 2, West. 2B: Sea,
Westerholm 2. 3B: War, Miethe, Little.
HBP: War, Bussert, May, Erland; Sea,
Poranol 2, Klaffke. LOB: Warrenton 9,
Seaside 6.
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