Prior to the election, Measure T opponents such as Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve Teshara and RnR Vacation Rentals owner Stu Roberson predicted legal challenges to the measure should it pass, particularly as it relates to property rights for vacation rental owners.
They also warned that Measure T’s passage will lead to a chilling effect on visitors, causing them to stay at other destinations in Tahoe instead of South Lake. Supporters of short-term rentals say they boost tourism and generate millions of dollars taxes for city services. “Measure T is on the ballot as a response to the city council's failure to find the middle ground in this controversy.” “The city made a pledge to get tough on enforcement to solve the many nuisance issues associated with nightly rentals in neighborhoods,” Peggy Bourland, a member of the Tahoe Neighborhoods Group, told the Reno Gazette Journal in November. Neighbors who are against short-term rentals claimed that they caused nuisance in neighborhoods and restricted housing supply for long-term residents. Vacation home rentals have been a source of heated debate in South Lake Tahoe as more and more travelers use them for lodging. 31, 2021, certain provisions of the measure related to occupancy and parking limits will take effect 10 days after the city council certifies the initiative, which is expected to happen at a special meeting on Monday.
Although the ban will not take full effect for three years until Dec. The ballot initiative provides an exemption for residents, who are allowed to rent out their property for 30 days each year. That impact could be anywhere between $3 million to $4 million in tax revenue from short-term rentals, according to city estimates. Measure T, which was spearheaded by the Tahoe Neighborhoods Group, will phase out an estimated 80 percent of the 1,752 short-term rentals in South Lake Tahoe by restricting VHRs to commercial areas and the city’s tourist core. More: How South Lake Tahoe become home to strictest vacation home rental law in basin But we respect the will of the voters and the voters have spoken.” “We’ve always been clear all along about our concerns about the monetary impact Measure T can have on the city of South Lake Tahoe. “It was a very close vote but the people who support Measure T prevailed and we respect that,” said Chris Fiore, communications manager for the city of South Lake Tahoe. Measure T had been slightly ahead in the unofficial vote counts following the November elections. The ballot initiative, Measure T, received 3,517 “yes” votes vs. That’s the razor-thin margin that determined the fate of a large swath of vacation home rentals in South Lake Tahoe as voters narrowly approved a measure to ban most Airbnb and VHRs from residential neighborhoods. Watch Video: Watch: South Lake Tahoe enacts strict vacation rental restrictions
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