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Negotiations between property owner An-
toine Simmons and the owner of this home,
Avrel Nudelman, failed to reach fruition.
Homeowners
fend off new
Seaside motel
JEFF TER HAR/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
This rooster takes the driver’s seat at Wheels and Waves.
Pearl plan stymied as City Council
upholds neighbors’ appeal
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
A WHEELIN’
WEEKEND
Wheels and Waves shows off classic cars, attitude
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Y
ou gotta have … person-
ality.
That was the message
at Wheels and Waves.
Over the weekend, crowds
swarmed downtown as
classic cars lined both sides of the
street, owners camped in lawn chairs
nearby and visitors gawked at shiny
pistons and chrome. Vendor alley
was busy with representatives from
the Seaside Downtown Development
Association, which organizes and
presents the annual Seaside event
with the help of “Rod Squad” volun-
teers from throughout the Northwest.
For Douglas Boseck of Stan-
wood, Washington, who was at
Wheels and Waves, a 1941 Plym-
outh was only one year younger than
himself. The car was originally sort
of a combination car and truck, used
to deliver everything from fl owers
to bread, Boseck said.
“ It’s held up really, really well,”
he said. “Everything here is original,
other than the tires and the uphol-
stery.”
See Wheels, Page 7A
It wasn’t quite a matter of inches, but it
came down to a matter of feet. Five feet, to
be exact, the difference between city code re-
quirement and a proposed side yard.
Antoine Simmons had been granted a vari-
ance this summer from the Planning Commis-
sion to go ahead with his 48-room luxury mo-
tel, the Pearl of Seaside.
Neighbors said the Planning Commission
should have never issued the variance and
called for an appeal. And they won .
At the City Council’s hearing last month,
councilors urged Simmons and neighbors Su-
san and Dan Calef and Avrel Nudelman to try
and work things out.
Early in Monday’s meeting it became clear
those talks had fallen apart. The Calefs had no
intention of selling. Simmons and Nudelman
went back and forth on a price for Nudelman’s
Beach Drive home, but never came to terms.
Simmons, with his wife, Rocio, owns and
operates four boutique hotels in Seaside and
Cannon Beach, including Seaside’s Gilbert
Inn, purchased in 2014, and the Inn at the
Prom, which they bought in 2011.
See Pearl, Page 7A
Gearhart gives
new lodging
rules a go
Short-term rental owners say the city
isn’t listening to their concerns
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
In 2015, Seaside Fire and Rescue re-
sponded to 1,155 calls, both in Seaside and
mutual-aid territory. In order to provide that
volume of service at a high caliber, the agen-
cy relies on private donations to augment its
city budget for training and equipment.
Each year, before the annual barbecue, the
department mails a request for fi nancial sup-
port to community members. Although there
also are fundraising aspects at the barbecue
itself —such as a silent auction and raffl e — it
primarily “is our way of saying ‘thank you’ for
the donations,” Div. Chief Chris Dugan said.
To that end, the Seaside Fire and Rescue
Association held its fourth annual barbecue
Ten minutes into the Wednesday, Sept. 7,
Gearhart City Council meeting, Councilor Sue
Lorain put Ordinance 901 regulating short-
term rentals to a motion. The vote, after a mul-
ti year process that fi lled public hearings and
divided the community, passed unanimously
without discussion.
“It’s been a great process, a long process,”
Mayor Dianne Widdop said after the meeting.
“It’s wonderful that the fi ve of us are all in to-
tal agreement. We feel it’s
important and something
we wanted to do. I feel
darn good about it.”
The rules go into effect
in 30 days, City Admin-
istrator Chad Sweet said,
followed by a one-time
60-day period in which
property owners may ap-
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
ply for short-term rental
Kathy Schroed-
status. Those applying for
er said the City
permits must pay a $600
Council “stymied” fee and show proof they
the concerns of
have paid city taxes.
short-term rental
There are about 90
owners.
short-term rentals in
Gearhart, Sweet said.
Ninety-nine additional condos in higher-densi-
ty zones would not be affected by the new rules.
Registration is open to “anyone who can
prove to me they’ve rented by the time the ap-
plication period is over,” he added.
No new permits will be issued after the 60-
day period.
Rules include parking requirements and oc-
cupancy limits , among other conditions.
Permit ownership may be transferred only
by inheritance. “It is the intent that the sale of
See Firefi ghters, Page 5A
See STRs, Page 7A
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
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Douglas Boseck in front of his 1941 Plymouth.
Sofi e Burke and daughter Stephanie
Stevenson represent Rascals, the offi cial
apparel sponsor of Wheels and Waves.
Community steps up for fi refi ghters
Barbecue fundraiser is
an annual tradition
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
Children were invited to check out Seaside Fire & Rescue’s
equipment and apparatuses during the organization’s annu-
al barbecue fundraiser, held Sept. 10 at the fi re department.