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

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                            Planners’ response   Recommendation
             •    Requests for the volume to be turned down are either ignored or result in aggression. Police are
                  called and never respond as they have better things to do. Owners or agents are informed and
                  apologise but it continues.
             •    The owners of each residence in each street within the high density accommodation area should be
                  sent a communication to sign up to a “Street control covenant” whereby they commit to being good
                  landlords; considerate of the neighbourhood and environment and in doing so receive some sort of
                  incentive for participating - this reward cost would negate the costs that exist now with bad behaviour.
             •     In regard to applications for material change of use that could affect amenity, we would like to see
                   neighbours notified that an application has been made and invite them to comment if they wish. At
                   present, neighbours are kept in the dark about these issues, which creates ill-will and distrust. It is
                   their amenity that is affected and they should be at least consulted before and decision is considered.
                   We see another advantage in that when a proponent knows neighbours will be able to comment, it will
                   encourage the proponent to consult the neighbourhood and discourage some types of "gaming the
                   system".
             If Short-term Stay via Airbnb and others are allowed into our Medium Density residential
             •    Our street is in trouble.
             •    All surrounding properties around us are currently used for Short-term accommodation and majority of
                  issues arise form an excessive number of people in the space such as noise, rubbish, car parking and
                  lack of concern or regard for neighbours.
             •    Humans need deep uninterrupted sleep to stay healthy and function properly but it is impossible to
                  become used to the type of sleep disturbance cause by a holiday house full of people.
             •    Cites an example that is advertised as sleeping 16 people and will have at least half that many again
                  as guests.
             •    All alfresco outside lighting and fountains should be switched off at 8pm.
             •    Neighbour complaints should be dealt with immediately. As Noosa is geographically compact, this
                  should be within 30 minutes. A special independent policeman should be on call, and be paid for
                  using the tourist levy. It is unconstitutional and unjust to zone and protect some residents of the
                  Noosa Shire from the noise and impact of whole house holiday letting, while we who suffer the most
                  are left without any protection by your Noosa Plan. (Those near the river and beaches).
             •    Rental properties let to permanent residents come under the Residential Tenancy Act but holiday
                  houses where tourists stay just a few days are not controlled through this Act. Property owners insist
                  they have a right to remotely run a “hotel” in residential areas. Tourists enjoy all the rights of
                  residents and neighbours have no right to stop them. Neighbours’ properties lose their re-sale value.
             •    Houses are now purposely built to accommodate large numbers of tourists (eg 5 or 6 bedrooms each
                  with ensuits, 2 large kitchens, garaging for 1 car only.
             •    These properties need to be registered and subject to rules with compliance or have permits revoked.
             •    Residents must have access to responsible persons 24/7 who can respond in emergencies.
             •    Suggests: a curfew on noise levels; levies to support infrastructure; requiring business registration of
                  owners of short-term rentals, including tax requirements; visible notice of responsible manager and
                  24/7 contact details
             •    Require an assessable DA required for any further development of whole house short-term
                  accommodation anywhere in the shire
             •    Consider a rating differential for properties used for short-term accommodation, not just the tourism
                  levy
             •   In the Medium Density Residential Zone it should also be necessary for body corporate approval to
                 accompany an application to Council.
             Carparking impacts of short term accommodation
             •    The number of cars guests bring with them (in addition to those of their day visitors) significantly
                  exceeds on-site car parking available given a house is only required to provide 1 car parking space
                  and sometimes the garaging on site is unavailable to guests because the owner has their own car or
                  possessions in it. This particularly problematic in cul-de-sacs, narrow streets, where there’s a
                  cumulative impact of multiple holiday homes, and where it is close enough to the Beach and visitor
                  centres that parking is already at a premium (e.g. Little Cove, Sunshine Beach, Noosa Sound)
             •    There are more cars parked on the roads in front of houses while there are perfectly good garages on
                  the site. Some holiday lets have converted their garaging into bedrooms to accommodate even more
                  guests and further exacerbate the parking problem
             •    It makes it generally harder for residents to get around because of parking congestion.




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