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Survey on Short Term Rentals <br /> to spend more quality time together around those events. Families or groups of people will also <br /> spend extra time in our community shopping, dining out and exploring the area. <br /> 311 Tourism 2/5/2025 10:43 AM <br /> 312 People come and go for various reasons. They need housing. 2/5/2025 10:31 AM <br /> 313 They bring more business to local businesses for their products and services. 2/5/2025 10:29 AM <br /> 314 Much better than campers. 2/5/2025 10:23 AM <br /> 315 People stay in STIR, then rent snowmobiles, eat at restaurants, buy goods, etc. 2/5/2025 9:26 AM <br /> 316 1 don't think because they are using a"short term rental"that it does anything as far as eating 2/5/2025 9:15 AM <br /> out, etc. If anything, it makes it less reasonable for them because they can bring their own <br /> drinks,food etc from somewhere else since they can cook and stay at the"short term rental". <br /> 317 They bring new people and their money to our community. 2/5/2025 9:04 AM <br /> 318 Restaurants, Outdoor activities, getting to know the area. 2/5/2025 9:01 AM <br /> 319 They bring tourists and bump up the economy. 2/5/2025 8:59 AM <br /> 320 Most of our businesses are set up for tourists. 2/5/2025 8:33 AM <br /> 321 Some people use them to visit, and usually spend money while they're here,whether a holiday 2/5/2025 8:30 AM <br /> or getaway weekend <br /> 322 Multiple short-term rentals are owned by people that are not residents of the county. The 2/5/2025 8:17 AM <br /> money eamed goes directly back to another county and puts undue strain on Kittitas county <br /> resources. Le Law enforcement calls, fire calls, influx during peak seasons and no <br /> infrastructure to support it. <br /> 323 Undecided, I don't know enough about how it effects economies in other areas to say. 2/5/2025 8:13 AM <br /> 324 Don't know 2/5/2025 8:01 AM <br /> 325 Tourists spend money here. 2/5/2025 7:45 AM <br /> 326 Tourist revenue 2/5/2025 7:44 AM <br /> 327 Benefits people buying properties here. Improving them which benefits local businesses and 2/5/2025 7:24 AM <br /> contractors. Then the people in the community after they are running. <br /> 328 To many people/vehicles at one household.Do not value our natural beauty and leave garbage 2/5/2025 7:16 AM <br /> on beach and trails. Owners do not regulate the over use of there drain fields. <br /> 329 Those staying short term may not care about our eco systems and our environment like locals 2/5/2025 7:11 AM <br /> do. <br /> 330 Yes, but depends on what part of the county. Short term rentals seem to be very popular in 2/5/2025 7:09 AM <br /> upper county. <br /> 331 For major events in the area, like the Rodeo, short term rentals allow more people to stay and 2/5/2025 7:09 AM <br /> bring some money into the area, unless the property owner doesn't actually live in Ellensburg, <br /> then the only benefit the community gets is commercial business and property taxes. <br /> 332 Housing affordability is a function of supply vs demand. Less supply means higher prices. 2/5/2025 7:04 AM <br /> 333 1 don't believe short-term rentals contribute positively to the local economy because they drive 2/5/2025 7:03 AM <br /> up housing costs, making it harder for long-term residents to afford living in their own <br /> communities.While they may generate some tourism revenue, much of the profit goes to out- <br /> of-town investors rather than benefiting local businesses. Additionally, they often replace <br /> traditional housing with transient accommodations, leading to workforce shortages in essential <br /> industries. <br /> 334 For every dollar spent by tourists,we spend more cleaning up after them 2/5/2025 7:02 AM <br /> 335 Renters spend money at local businesses but primarily only on weekends. 2/5/2025 6:47 AM <br /> 336 Support small business 2/5/2025 6:44 AM <br /> 337 No parking and no insurance for a vacation rental. its against most mortages. 2/5/2025 6:32 AM <br /> 14/96 <br />