SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The next meeting of the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be on Tuesday, March 10, at 9 a.m.
There will be a hearing on the proposed changes to the Vacation Home Rental (VHR) ordinance:
- The 150-foot buffer is removed and replaced with a cap of no more than 900 VHR permits in residential areas.
- To complement the cap, a waitlist is established when the cap is reached.
- A minimum age of 25 is established to rent a VHR.
- Attached condominiums are allowed to get VHR permits unless the applicable homeowners’ association rules prohibit VHRs.
- Requires advertising platforms to include “family-friendly” language for VHRs in residential areas;
- Appeals of permit denials go to an independent hearing officer instead of the Planning Commission.
- Commercial and recreational areas are regulated with rules applicable to the Tourist Core Area Plan.
- Room night reporting is required.
- The prohibition on permit transfers is clarified to match existing practice, where a permit may be transferred into a family trust in which an owner is a trustee for estate planning purposes.
- The preferred application period provision has been deleted as that period has closed.
There will be an update on the current Chateau plans at Stateline, the results of a feasibility study, and ways to get the owners to finish up what was once “the hole in the ground.”
An update to the current ordinance, amending the Shared Mobility Device regulations (electric scooters). If passed, the updates would increase the City’s liability protections from shared mobility device accidents, add safety measures for shared mobility device operations, and revise operator insurance requirements, and refer second reading and adoption to March 24, 2026.
A vote on the 2025/26 Master Fee Schedule.
For the complete agenda in Spanish and English, and for instructions on how to view and/or participate, visit https://www.cityofslt.gov/84/Watch-City-CouncilCommission-Meetings.