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Survey on Short-Term Rentals 143 Short term rentals have negatively affected property values for Snoqualmie pass. Property 2/6/2025 8:43 AM values have sky rocketed, taxes have gone up. There is a huge lack of affordable housing for young people who may want their first home. It's unfortunate that this survey won't even do anything for Snoqualmie Pass, Kittitas county could care less about supporting an unincorporated area, even though we also pay taxes. 144 Do not regulate 2/6/2025 8:42 AM 145 There is some serious price gouging that happens. Pretty outrageous and it take housing from 2/6/2025 8:42 AM people in the community and gives it to rich outsiders. 146 O 2/6/2025 8:38 AM 147 Nothing wrong with short term rentals 2/6/2025 8:36 AM 148 Do not over regulate strs or you will have unintended negative consequences. Chelan county 2/6/2025 8:34 AM has over regulated thinking it would make housing affordable and it has not. Instead it has hurt the tourist indusrty. 149 Having a sheriff that can help with noise control and safety is vital. But I worry restrictions on 2/6/2025 8:27 AM short term rentals will negatively impact my home value 150 The amount of STIR need to be regulated for the health of our county and communities. 2/6/2025 8:25 AM 151 We need more support in upper county-we don't have the resources we need to handle safety 2/6/2025 8:22 AM concerns in a timely manner. Please limit short term rentals on Snoqualmie Pass!!! 152 STRs need to be capped and better controlled. It is out of control in Roslyn ridge. 2/6/2025 8:16 AM 153 People showed up at the rental next to us and were shooting guns off the deck inside our 2/6/2025 8:13 AM community, which is an HOA that doesn't allow shooting The land they were shooting over was our property where our dog was playing. They simply do not care about our regulations because they are not part of our community they think coming here lets them do whatever they want to because it's not the west.side. People think that kid attacks County doesn't have property boundaries and they can ride whatever motorized vehicle they want across property lines with no repercussions. 154 There is a significant lack of affordable long term rentals in the area. STIR only take away from 2/6/2025 8:09 AM the members of the community who work to keep the local resources available and operating. 155 We could not afford to own our home if we couldn't supplement our income with rental income. 2/6/2025 8:09 AM Unfortunately when I list our rental as a long term, most people that work up here cannot afford the long term price(which only covers our expenses). When I can't rent it long term, I list it short term to make something. Sadly, it's the ski resort that pays poorly. Please don't punish home owners trying to make a living when the reason for a lack of affordable housing is a state issue and local employer issues paying poorly. Thanks 156 i think we need more housing overall, not less airbnb. many people (like us)would not consider 2/6/2025 7:57 AM long term but we would consider short term rentals which would benefit the economy 157 These properties would not provide housing for employees We have a smallapt rented full time 2/6/2025 7:54 AM 158 Short term rentals allow for family and friends to visit local residents. We live in an area where 2/6/2025 7:45 AM there are no hotel options. (Aside from Summit Inn which is not clean.) 159 Including a requirement that the owner live with 20 minutes of the rental would be a good idea. 2/6/2025 7:45 AM This would help insure the owner is an active member of the community and has a vested interest in the community not just a place to make money 160 Kittitas is a vacation destination. We need to find away to provide short term rentals and 2/6/2025 7:42 AM protect communities and neighborhoods. 161 1 am a Local business manager& a local long term renter. I have worked here 10 years, lived 2/6/2025 7:39 AM here for 5. Have a deep care for the community and hate to see it following in the footsteps of other ski resort towns where everyone is priced out, and there is garbage everywhere, no community, etc 162 Short term rentals are absolutely a drain on the county and hurt working class people. 2/6/2025 7:29 AM 163 Housing is expensive period, short term rentals are not the problem. 2/6/2025 7:22 AM 72 /87