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Rentals: Seaside offi cials eye stricter enforcement, rules for vacation rentals
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in Seaside was 4,772. Using
10% as a maximum percent-
age of total housing units
Seaside would not approve
any units once the number
of vacation rental dwellings
reached 477.
Dwellings could also be
limited by neighborhood
and how many units are
already operating as vaca-
tion rentals in those areas.
Along with limits on
new licenses, planning
commissioner David Pos-
alski sought specifi c mea-
sures to “pull back VRDs
that aren’t run well.”
Renters who break the
rules need to know “If this
happens, that happens,”
Posalski added, including
penalties and possible loss
of rental eligibility. With-
out an enforcement offi cer,
that could be an “exercise
in futility,” no matter what
the rules are.
A compliance offi cer
could also “build good rela-
tionships with the owners
and managers,” Montero
Mitchell: Sits in on meeting
“These are issues I have
heard constituents talk
about as I have canvased
diff erent areas,” Mitchell said
after the meeting. “How the
impact of short-term rental
housing has impacted the
availability of aff ordable
housing, frustrations that
people have about wanting
to see more regulation in
this area, and I know that
some cities have gone for-
ward to try to do that.
New supply versus new vacation rental listings, as prepared by the county’s housing study.
said. “Hopefully you’re
getting it to the point where
everybody’s doing the right
thing because you have
the code compliance offi -
cer, where you don’t get
complaints.”
Raising a fee for a busi-
ness license — possibly
from $100 to $500 a year
— could fund the cost.
“The purpose of all this
discussion is compliance,
not punishment,” Planning
Commission Board Pres-
ident Chris Hoth added.
“That should be the head-
line here. We’re not out
here to get people, we’re
not out here to take things
away — we’re out here to
make things work in the
city.”
But penalties are part of
the process, Montero said.
“You’ve talked about com-
pliance offi cer and rais-
ing fees, but we also need
to talk about at some point
what is the result of non-
In the assessment of
FINES, LOSS OF
LICENSE
If retailers violate the law,
they could face substan-
tial fi nes and eventual
loss of their license.
Clatsop County Public Health
county schools, students
shared where they source
their vaping and JUUL
products. According to their
responses, 74% said they
get products from physical
retail locations; 52% said
from a social source; and 6%
responded off the Internet.
Additionally,
research
shows it takes teenagers in
Oregon, on average, fi ve
visits to a retailer before
they can obtain the prod-
uct they want, which means
“a really persistent teen can
actually get tobacco if they
keep going back and back,”
McNickle said.
Under the ordinance,
tobacco retailers would pay
a $325 annual license fee,
regardless of volume, which
is commensurate with other
licensing fees imposed by
local governments within
the state. They would be
subject to inspections twice
per year, and the county
also would employ decoys
throughout the county to
ensure retailers are follow-
ing Tobacco 21. If retailers
violate the law, they could
face substantial fi nes and
eventual loss of their license.
The ordinance would
also prohibit retail locations
being established within
1,000 feet of “youth-ori-
ented facilities,” including
schools, parks and daycare
centers.
City councilors expressed
seeks to regulate a local
industry that Barber said
brings in $1 million annu-
ally to the city’s economy.
In any case, there will
be “plenty of opportunity
for public input,” he said.
“Other communities have
wrestled with this issue and
we’re learning from them.”
compliance. You can have
as many compliance offi -
cers as you like, but if
you’re not having the issue
of losing your license or
penalties, you’re not get-
ting compliance.”
The proposals return to
the Planning Commission
for discussion as the city
BUSINESS
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Source of the problem
“I do feel like they’re (Sea-
side) moving in the right
direction and that they are
trying to fi nd that sweet
spot of a balance that helps
the tourism industry in this
area, but at the same time
also balances livability and
workforce housing.”
“For example, they talk-
ed about Gearhart a lot
tonight. I’m really excited to
Vaping: Seaside, public health play ‘catch-up’
JUUL products — have
changed the game among
youth in Oregon.
“Now public health is
playing catch-up again,”
McNickle said.
In March and April, pub-
lic health staff interviewed
leaders from the county’s
fi ve school districts to assess
their knowledge, school pol-
icies, concerns, curricula,
and responses to student
e-cigarette and vaping use
on campus. The report was
published in May.
The schools leaders, as
exemplifi ed in the report,
are “stunned by the level of
participation by the student
population,” but also feel
overwhelmed as to how to
address it, McNickle said.
E-cigarette and vaping prod-
ucts appear to be particularly
targeted toward teenagers
and non-smokers, as their
packaging,
presentation,
and fl avor are creative and
appealing. Yet these prod-
ucts contain heavy doses of
concentrated nicotine, and
their actual impact on health
has not be conclusively
determined. Also, being
expensive, they incentivize
users who become addicted
to eventually switch over
to regular tobacco products,
McNickle said.
hear the level of discussion
here tonight, and I think a
real understanding by the
City Council and Planning
Commission that a lot of
people would like to see
these changes, and what
the actual root of the prob-
lem is. I’m happy to see that
discussion is happening.
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support, although they ques-
tioned whether Seaside
would need to devote local
resources to enforcement.
McNickle said the county
would handle implementa-
tion and enforcement – they
just need the cities to be on
board.
Mayor
Jay
Bar-
ber acknowledged that
young people can be “very
resourceful in getting what it
is they want, but that doesn’t
mean we shouldn’t do some-
thing to try and impede
that.”
Council Member Tom
Horning agreed.
“Getting a jump on this
is as soon as possible is the
way to go, because if you
wait it out, these trends all
suggest it’s going to get out
of control,” he said.
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exhibit at the Seaside Library.
Wallace: Artist exhibit
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expressionism at Portland
State University and she
was a professional graphic
design for much of her
career. After Wallace, “got
sick of that” she studied
teaching at Lewis and Clark
College, and taught high
school for seven years.
Her goal for the exhibit
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but rather to raise awareness
about the importance of the
climate crisis. One image
depicts a man in a burning
chair.
Wallace’s interest in por-
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OPB special about Andrew
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to talk about the things that
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would demonstrate tech-
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and construct a composite
portrait with one student’s
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in an intriguing face unique
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started thinking it’s so nar-
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so human, the face is the fi rst
thing babies recognize,” said
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