{"id":12672,"date":"2021-04-08T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destinationbigbear.com\/blog\/?p=12672"},"modified":"2023-07-15T01:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T08:06:22","slug":"big-bear-lake-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationbigbear.com\/blog\/big-bear-lake-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear Lake No Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Big Bear Lake No Moratorium<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Please email the below (plus any personal comments you may have) to:\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:vrcomments@citybigbearlake.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vrcomments@<wbr \/>citybigbearlake.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Make your voice heard at the 4\/15 city council meeting &#8211; 6:00pm at city hall.<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>To: City Council and Planning Commission<\/div>\n<div>Re: No Moratorium, continue to fix Guest Behavior<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The new emergency Vacation Rental Ordinance of 1\/11\/2021 needs time to show that it works.\u00a0 \u00a0The Ordinance&#8217;s significant\u00a0fines ($250-$5,000) and City Enforcement are having the intended effect &#8211; complaints are down significantly, and Guests are behaving properly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Restricting occupancy to only 2 adults per bedroom will already have an extreme effect on TOT revenue &#8211; significantly reducing the TOT paid by each rental home.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/div>\n<div>Please do not make any more changes to the Vacation Rental Industry, let the new emergency ordinance continue to improve the situation.\u00a0\u00a0Let&#8217;s wait 6 months and then evaluate in Fall, 2021.\u00a0 Thank you for your understanding and support.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Summary of New Ordinance &#8211; Major Changes instituted as of 1\/11\/2021.<\/h2>\n<p>1) The Code Line is now inhouse in Big Bear and not in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 The city has added 2 additional code officer positions (4 total) to write tickets<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 $100,000&#8217;s of thousands of tickets have been written this year compared to $0.00 in previous year.<\/p>\n<p>4) $5000 fines and lifetime bans from the program for illegal rentals<\/p>\n<p>5) $500 fines for too many cars<\/p>\n<p>6) $500 fines for over occupancy and eviction<\/p>\n<p>7) $500 fines for noise that can go up to $1000<\/p>\n<p>8) Major Reduction in Occupancy -Dens, game rooms and lofts even with beds, sofa beds or futons now cannot sleep adults in them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That means gigantic homes now may only sleep 6 or\u00a0 adults as opposed to 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybigbearlake.com\/images\/DOWNLOADS\/CITY_DEPARTMENTS\/CODE_COMPLIANCE\/Urgency_Ordinance_No._2021-488_Vacation_Rental_Program_Enforcement__Operations.pdf\">URGENCY ORDINANCE No 2021-488 Vacation Rental Program Enforcement Operations of the City of Big Bear Lake <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Bear Lake No Moratorium Please email the below (plus any personal comments you may have) to:\u00a0\u00a0vrcomments@citybigbearlake.com Make your voice heard at the 4\/15 city council meeting &#8211; 6:00pm at city hall. 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