2021-10-12 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                12 OCTOBER 2021


2    PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDMENT – SHORT STAY LETTING AND HOME HOSTED
     ACCOMMODATION – PUBLIC CONSULTATION RESULTS AND ADOPTION

Author           Principal Strategic Planner, Anita Lakeland
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM/SUBJECT: 37.15 Local Law No. 1 Amendments – Short Stay Letting

Attachments      1.    Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1) 2021 with tracked
                       changes detailing amendments proposed as a consequence of public
                       consultation
                 2.    Administration (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No. 1) 2021 with
                       tracked changes detailing amendments proposed as a consequence
                       of public consultation
                 3.    Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1) 2021 (as advertised
                       and distributed for public consultation purposes)
                 4.    Administration (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No. 1) 2021 (as
                       advertised and distributed for public consultation purposes)
                 5.    Summary of key issues from public consultation
                 6.    Cost benefit analysis – Proposed local law amendment: short stay
                       letting and home hosted accommodation prepared by AEC Group Pty
                       Ltd and dated September 2021 (24 page attachment provided separately
                       to this agenda)
                 7.    Public Interest Test Report
                 8.    Consolidated version of Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 1
                       (Administration) 2015 (30 page attachment provided separately to this
                       agenda)
                 9.    Consolidated version of Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration)
                       2015 (99 page attachment provided separately to this agenda)


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1) 2021 and Administration (Amendment) Subordinate
Local Law (No. 1) 2021, for short stay letting and home hosted accommodation, seek to regulate
the ongoing operation of short stay letting and home hosted accommodation and manage the
impacts on permanent residents and guest safety. The proposed local law and proposed
subordinate local law have undergone extensive legal review and public, stakeholder and State
government consultation over a 2 year period. A final version of the proposed local law and
proposed subordinate local law is now presented to Council for adoption and implementation.
The proposed local law and proposed subordinate local law were made available for public
consultation purposes from 9 April until 28 May 2021 for an extended 7-week period. This was the
second round of public consultation, with the first drafts consulted on in 2019.
615 written submissions were received during the consultation period. A number of minor
amendments to the proposed subordinate local law are recommended in response to submissions
as well as a range of other actions and procedural changes outside the scope of the local law
framework. The scope of changes proposed are to:
1.   establish a 24/7 Council complaints hotline and complaints register as an intermediary
     between the complainant and contact person;
2.   use security services to observe and record activity at properties where required, initially on
     a 12 month trial basis;


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