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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCitation Appeal Supportive DocumentWinnie Nasuuna & Julius Musenze 1222 Palmas Ridge Palm Springs, CA. 92262. Phone: 612-205-5793 Email: mussenze007@gmail.com Monday, June 26, 2023 Administrative Appeals Board City of Palm Springs, City Hall 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Dr. Palm Springs, CA. 92262 Email: cityclerk@palmspringsca.gov RE: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTAION FOR CITATION AB 0484: Dear sir/madam, thank you for the opportunity to appeal our administrative citation. My name is Julius Musenze and my mother is Winnie Nasuuna. We have been law-abiding residents of this beautiful Palm Springs. We would never intentionally break any laws. I have been a physician both at Desert Regional Medical Center and Eisenhower Medical Center since 2016 and my mother has been a part-time nurse at Eisenhower Medical Center since 2017. Palm Springs is an integral part of our livelihood and this beautiful City is our home. When we first started the vacation rental there were no registrations required. Subsequently when the new laws passed to register vacation rentals, we submitted a vacation rental application for 3155 E Ramon Rd #311. I have attached the copies of the application we filed on 3/8/2022 as well as copies of the two checks we submitted ($25 for TOT permit fee and $944 for Vacation Rental Registration). We even wrote to the HOA to let them know about the STR application. I have attached a screenshot below showing that the document was drafted 3/8/2022. We subsequently never heard back from the City. Initially we thought everything was backed up because of the pandemic and we thought your office had received many applicants and was running behind. As time went on, we honestly forgot that you never got back to us and we forgot we were never registered. This is our first vacation rental. Ignorance is no excuse, but we honestly applied, sent all payments, and never heard back. We realize that laws to register vacation rentals are an integral part of our communities and they keep us safer. This appeal is not an effort to absolve us from fault or to claim innocence. This appeal is an attempt to ask for a second chance and not be banned entirely. We wound never intentionally and egregiously neglect or attempt to bypass the rule of law. Thank you kindly for the attention you have given this appeal. (Julius Musenze & Winnie Nasuuna).