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South Lake Tahoe City Council looks to finalize shared rental ordinance
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/02/2020 - 4:50pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There has been much discussion in the community about the City of South Lake Tahoe's new Shared Rental Ordinance, one that is up for a vote during the November 3 City Council meeting.
A shared rental, also known as a hosted rental, is one where a person rents a portion of their home to a visitor on a short term basis* while they are still living in the home. They are not new in South Lake Tahoe, but the focus has been on creating an ordinance for them as a large number of people started obtaining business licenses for shared rentals in recent months.
City Council candidates respond to 100% Renewable Energy Committee questions
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 7:12pm
On April 18, 2017 the South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously passed a resolution to: 1) Power the South Lake Tahoe community with electricity provided from 100 percent renewable sources by 2032 and 2) Reduce community carbon emissions from baseline by at least 80 percent by 2040, and reduce municipal emissions by 50 percent by 2030.
City asks for public input on draft Shared Rental Ordianace for South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 1:11pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With a changing vacation home rental (VHR) landscape in the City of South Lake Tahoe, those wishing to rent their homes may be turning to "shared rentals."
There currently is no ordinance that covers shared rentals as the current VHR ordinance addresses the rental of an entire dwelling for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar days, Shared rentals deal with renting less that the entire dwelling on a short-term basis.
Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities weekly tip: #5: Identify your home's ember vulnerabilities
Submitted by paula on Sat, 04/25/2020 - 9:05am
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - The Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities is presenting their fifth "Tip of the Week," an ongoing series for the public since they are unable to perform their normal community outreach services. All tips are ways people can prepare for wildfire while staying at home.
Did you know embers are the leading cause of wildfire-related home ignitions?
SLT City Council candidates respond to more renewable energy committee questions
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 7:07pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Eight of the nine City Council candidates responded to a series of questions given to them by the 100% Renewable Energy Committee. On Sunday we printed their first responses - http://southtahoenow.com/story/10/08/2018/slt-city-council-candidates-respond-100-renewable-committe... - and here are the remaining questions and answers:
El Dorado County Supervisors vote to change VHR regulations at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/29/2016 - 7:58pm
During Tuesday's El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting they quietly voted to change the ordinances regulating vacation homes in the Lake Tahoe portion of the county (Meyers and all unincorporated areas on the South Shore). Missing was the heated public comments from the Vacation Home Rental owners as seen at South Lake Tahoe City Council meetings.
The changes for VHRs in the Tahoe side of the County (the Board of Supervisors at a duly noticed meeting shall have the authority to impose additional standard conditions applicable to vacation home rentals as necessary):
Work on new parking lot at Zephyr Cove Stables begins next week
Submitted by paula on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 7:17pm
Work on a new driveway and parking lot at Zephyr Cove Stables begins the week of May 1, 2016 when the first stage of the Zephyr Cove Stables Upgrade Project begins. Crews will be upgrading existing facilities, trails and utilities to meet current building code and accessibility standards and install Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality.
This is a joint project between the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), Zephyr Cove Resort and Douglas County.
Easier and cheaper process looked at in South Lake Tahoe City Codes
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 9:00pm
What once took hours of City of South Lake Tahoe staff time as well as weeks for applicants to get answers may soon be a one hour process.
Since it was organized in 2014, the City Attorney has been working with departments to update each section of the City Code. For portions that pertains to zoning, land use, development standards and building standards, City staff looked at ways to streamline the process and remove permit process portions of the code where possible.
Opinion: Vogelgesang's experience will benefit
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 1:25amHe and his family are long-time South Lake Tahoe residents. He provides professional structural engineering services with his company, Tahoe Engineering Inc. He has served on the city building code bo...
