2019-02-12 Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Short Term Accom Online Platform Issues Paper

The New Noosa Plan will likely incorporate a range of changes (below) to help address issues around
short-term rentals and terminology to address the adverse consequential impacts on liveability in
residential areas, due to the significant surge in visitation numbers following the emergence of online
share economy accommodation booking agencies:
 A short stay area map that indicates the residential zones where certain forms of visitor
    accommodation are acceptable (in areas situated near the Noosa River and near beaches).
   Restriction of visitor accommodation in other residential areas, assuming a position that a B&B
    with a resident host is much less likely to impact on nearby residents than a vacant house
    available for holiday letting.
   Separate definitions of dwelling house and short-term accommodation to those uses
    respectively, enabling different rules to apply with regard to approval of these uses.
   Party houses being defined as a specific form of holiday letting of a whole house. The Noosa
    shire will be declared a party house restriction area, based on s276 of the Planning Act 2016. A
    party house will be an impact assessable and inconsistent use in all zones and none will have
    existing use rights.


7.2      Queensland Government
7.2.1    Task force
As outlined in section 6.1, the Queensland Government responded positively to lobbying for an
industry reference group and task force to share information and determine policy options for
managing the rapidly rising usage of short-term rental accommodations through share economy
platforms.

7.2.2    Potential creation of a local law for mandated property registers
In August 2018, the Director Strategic Policy for the Department of Local Government promised to
look into the creation of a model local law that would facilitate councils to establish registers of short-
term rental properties, and to implement penalties for non-compliance.

7.2.3    Possibility of Short-Term Letting ‘Code of Conduct’ and data sharing
In July 2018, immediately following the last Industry Reference Group meeting, Tourism Industry
Development Minister Kate Jones issued a media statement. That statement suggested that a code
of conduct for hosts and guests along with a limited number of ‘strikes and you’re out’ policy would
be central to Queensland’s response to short-term letting. The Minister also said the government
would look to introduce a system of data sharing in the short-term accommodation sector. ‘It’s
important for councils to be able to tell the difference between someone who is renting out their own
home and someone who’s running a business’, she said.

7.2.4    Assessing Party Houses
The State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Red Tape Reduction) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2014 commenced on 1 October 2014, which included provisions for ‘party houses’
to be assessable development through:
 Inclusion of a definition of a ‘party house’.
 Provision for a planning scheme to declare that a ‘party house’ may be assessable development
    and may also include a development assessment code.
 For a ‘party house restriction area’ to be identified, which confirms that any residential dwelling
    in that area does not, and never had the right to operate as a ‘party house’ as defined.


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