2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                            Planners’ Response   Recommendation
             •    Short- term stay properties in residential areas cannot host parties.
             •    Owners are responsible for the behaviour in their house so they screen potential renters properly and
                  renters are aware of the arrangements. Infringement of unacceptable behaviour forfeits all money and
                  they must leave.
             •    Owners can lose the right to rent their property if there are regular complaints about the property. The
                  criteria would need to be clear cut so easy to administer.
             •    Clear noise parameters including information about pets visiting the house. No noise after midnight
                  Friday and Saturday nights and 10pm on school/work nights.
             •    All current short-term rental property owners need to apply to continue and understand new by-laws
                  and penalties.
             •    Council to collect revenue from STA to overview, regulate and police without charging other category
                  of rate payers.
             Council should ensure people require public liability as insurer may avoid paying out if STA is carried out
             without proper approval.
             Home-hosted accommodation
             •    Home hosting is good as long as there is no impact to surrounding residents.
             •    Owner hosted accommodation not so bad because they are usually only catering to couples.
             •    Have no objections to home-based business where hosts are present in the house, however objects
                  to entire houses being used for short-term accommodation and should be treated as an inconsistent
                  use in a residential zone (outside tourist accommodation precincts). This is considered a commercial
                  activity and therefore be impact assessable across the entire shire.
             •    Owner hosted accommodation not so bad because they are usually only catering to couples.
             •    Requests that Noosa Shire residents be allowed to freely use part of their property for Short-term
                  accommodation while entire home short stays be treated as a business.
             •    Home-hosting residents share their clean, private home with visitors from all over the world and
                  country who would otherwise find the cost of staying in the Noosa area prohibitive. They only allow
                  couples and singles. There are no parties, festivals or disruptions. Some neighbours don’t even
                  know that there is an Airbnb here.
             •    As a former police officer in Noosa I have seen first-hand the impact of the Noosa Sound rental
                  epidemic to stag weekends and unruly families. I have never been called to a family home where
                  hosts are present and responsible for their guests.
             •    There is discrimination between hosted and un-hosted Short-term rentals. Both types of
                  accommodation should be treated equally under any regulation. The amenity and community impacts
                  of a hosted rental can be similar to an un-hosted.
             •    The tourism levy can be avoided by Airbnb owners who are subletting their home whilst claiming any
                  exemptions due to being a "primary place of residence".
             •    Short-term Accommodation of the Airbnb style of hosted operation can provide the most valuable
                  future asset to the tourist industry in Noosa going forward, and help achieve some of the Noosa
                  Council and Tourism Noosa’s own written goals. The proposed direction will certainly restrict and
                  hinder this segment of the industry from making a beneficial contribution to Noosa Shire’s future.
             •    Objection to the fact you can’t holiday rent a granny flat in a low residential area
             •    Houses are quite large and should be allowed to have 2 kitchens. Current definition is very vague
                  (Any room capable of being used to prepare food).
             •    A secondary dwelling can have an additional kitchen so why is this different to a house having a
                  second kitchen.
             •   Support of the ability for owners to rent out self-contained granny flat style accommodation and that it
                 has been classified as a home business in the proposed plan
             Impacts of permanent residents
             •    Guests have probably been more quiet then our own family.
             •    Have had more unpleasant experiences with permanent residents than with Short-term guests.
             •    One is never guaranteed to have a better situation with long-term renters or permanent residents. It’s
                  harder to get rid of a long-term renter who doesn’t improve behaviour can be removed within hours or
                  days depending on the rules they agreed to.
             •    Having a permanent noisy/unruly neighbour is worse than short-term renters who is at least gone
                  soon.




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