Local bans on vacation rentals

[Jarod0]

Is there an existing string discussing local bans on short term rentals and how we can join together to fight these bans and attacks?

I run a tight ship. Specific set of rules. I talked to my neighbors and they have my numbers if they ever have an issue. Never had any complaints from neighbors or anyone else. My local Arizona county has passed on enforcement due to private property rights, which I would expect in a free country. But now the local HOA, which have never enforced anything except a letter in the mail if you do not keep weeds on your lot down (I only know one person to ever get one in the 13 years I owned a home there), has taken up the cause to vote on it within our community.

I feel like we, as hosts, are attacked for our attempts to bring work, tourists, their cash and income to our local areas. This has helped us avoid loosing our home which we hope to return to eventually. It has helped us save our family from many financial heartaches. Now this income, and the security it provides is being threatened. I am not understanding why we are being demonized for using our properties as we choose and attempting to make an income? Has our system moved away from the freedom to choose your path and take risks purchasing property and using property to produce income?

We should be joining together and using our numebrs to fight these campaigns. Individually I am a bee to be swatted. A swarm is a force to be dealt with?

[Jarod0]

FYI to any Sedona hosts.

The Village of Oak Creek Association is holding a vote to ammend the CC&R's to ban short term rentals and adopt a schedule of fees for violations in response to the State Legislature and Governor signing SB1350 into law, preventing local cities, municipalities and counties from banning short term rentals.

Like I said, now VOCA wants to throw their hat in the ring. The association is not known for it's stellar decisions in the past and is riddled with improprieties. My guess is this is a revenue opportunity they foresee.

My home is cleaner, nicer, and in better shape than it ever has been. It was a long term rental previously, and both my renters were terrible. One ran a home business there without my knowledge and had semi trucks coming down a small residential road. Another destroyed my home to the point of an insurance claim, did not pay rent for 6 months and forced me to court for an eviction.

My home has never been treated better than it has as a vacation rental, expect when it was our home we lived in. We have improved our property and home as a result, and that has improved our community and our neighborhood values. There are more people now in the local businesses than ever before, in the 13 years I have owned my home, and that is a direct result of us as hosts renting our homes to tourists and travellors.

We really should join together to form a untied front and fight against this overstep of a homeowners assoication that has always been known for doing little to nothing in the enforcement arena of CC&R's. We should join together to help them cool their jets a bit.

[Zlati0]

Hi Jared - is there an active group I can join? Also, an AirBnB host in Sedona and VOCA has started fining me $50 per day and sending some ridiculous bills. Wanted to reach out and see if there's a way to fight them? 

Thanks,

Zlati