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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3BFrom:Info Info To:City Clerk Subject:Citizen Comments re: Time Share / Multi-Shared Ownership Housing Regulation Palm Springs Date:Monday, June 9, 2025 12:03:52 PM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Addendum: To the comment document (see below) which I sent on 5–23-25 to be included with the review of regulations surrounding co-owned housing in Palm prings; I having now had the opportunity to re-read the proposed changes to the existing {S ordinance regulating co-owned housing as published in the meeting agenda. I am strongly opposed to the proposed occupancy limits of 2 adults per bedroom, unlimited children plus up to 4 more day time visitors who can be present for 12 hours! Consider the fact that most co-owned homes in the price range of 2.5 X the median home price will be 3-4 bedroom homes. So that allows 8 adults, plus 4 more daytime adults plus unlimited children. Essentially 12 adults in residence plus children. Even if each couple comprising the 12 adults were to have only ONE child present, that would result in 18 occupants at each resident. The parking and noise impact of that large of group in a residential neighborhood is frightening! Previous Comment: I am writing to register my VERY STRONG OPPOSITION to Palm Springs allowing the existence of time share / multi-share housing in ANY predominately residential neighbor hood in Palm Springs. I fully understand the importance of our tourism-based economy here in Palm Springs. FYI-I was one of the Palm Springs residents who served on the citizens advisory committee to guide our city government in their review and revision on the short term rental regulations several years ago. That committee was composed of private citizens, short term rental property owners and short term rental property management companies. So all “sides” were represented. There were months of difficult discussions, negotiations and eventually good compromising, amongst the committee members. One of the main areas of opposition arose from the very excessive negative impact on life quality when commercial housing is integrated into residential neighborhoods. Forcing the loss of community support due to the constant influx of strangers who are in no way invested in the quality of life where they are invading. We eventually presented our recommendations, with compromises which passed by majority vote amongst all committee members, to our city officials for consideration in revising the existing (at that time) short term vacation rental regulations. Setting % limits per neighborhood. 06/11/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda Sadly, after that project ended, the very powerful and very well funded short term vacation rental property management groups were able to effectively lobby our elected officials to completely ignore the full committee’s recommendations. Resulting in an actual INCREASE in STR properties via creating a whole new category that bypassed most of the actual regulations meant to modulate the impact in residential communities composed of the very residents who support Palm Springs business YEAR ROUND by living here permanently. So it was not surprising to see several years later that the regulations adopted failed. And we are now revising them to better control the STR management companies because owners are so negligent in their own profit making on the backs of destroying life quality. It is with this same insight that I oppose the proliferation of what is simply yet another form of commercial housing destroying the life quality of residential neighborhoods in Palm Springs. Time shares such as PACSO. The fact cannot be disputed that whether short term, Airbnb / VRBO type housing or time share / multi-shared interest properties, they are all BUSINESSES which provide temporarily accommodations to travelers / tourists. At the expense of losing permanent housing. Driving up the COST of remaining permanent housing. And causing pubic nuisance (mostly noise and parking) problems so significant that our city actually needs a department to mitigate those issues. Regardless of WHO pays for the investigation / mitigation process. These types of housing situations are in fact no different than hotels / motels. And should be regulated as such. Meaning they should only be in commercial zoned districts. They should be REQUIRED to follow the same fire, safety, evacuation, emergency lighting regulations. AND be required to offer some sort of ADA accommodations. As are hotels which struggle to compete on the un-level playing field which city governments such as Palms Springs have enabled. Currently, there is not a single ADA compliant / wheelchair accessible short term rental property to be found anywhere in Palm Springs. I brought this fact to the attention of our city leaders years ago, during our STR committee meetings. And even suggested that the city offer a reduction the the permit fee to any STR which meets certain ADA standards. Our mayor at the time shut me down with a curt “not going to happen”! As a physical therapist with 47 years experience, who is now a disabled terminal cancer patient myself, I still find THAT appalling. I say a definite “NO” to allowing any proliferation of time share / multi-share housing in our fine city. And ESPECIALLY in any residential neighborhoods. Jeff Mauk 4941 Frey Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 415-533-4614 info@sfbackdoorboys.com 06/11/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda