But the pandemic set off a boom in both real estate and tourism around the lake, and Placer’s new ordinance is an attempt to crack down on what has become a regional lightning rod that is dividing neighborhoods. Across the Nevada border, Washoe County supervisors agreed this week to consider upping the number of tenants allowed per rental unit under a controversial ordinance it passed last year to regulate short-term rentals.Īll of Tahoe’s communities have grappled with the challenge of managing vacation rentals since the advent and expansive use of online rental marketplaces like Airbnb and Vrbo. Up the road, Truckee is slated to discuss its own cap on vacation rentals, and other restrictions, at a Feb. Also, it would raise penalty fines to $1,500 for a first violation, $3,000 for a second and $5,000 for a third. It would limit short-term rentals to one per property, require more frequent inspections and impose higher fire protection standards and stricter rules around noise, parking and trash collection. 8 would take effect in March, also seeks to rein in lingering issues that have cropped up as more homes around Tahoe are converted into full-time rental properties. The ordinance, which if approved at a second reading Feb.

Supervisors in Placer County, which covers much of Tahoe’s West Shore as well as Tahoe City and the area surrounding the Palisades Tahoe ski resort, unanimously approved an ordinance this week that would cap the number of short-term rentals at 3,900, which amounts to about 25% of housing stock in the area. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle 2020 Show More Show Lessĭebates about how to manage the proliferation of short-term rentals - Airbnbs, Vrbos and the like - are heating up in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle 2020 Show More Show Less 2 of2Īn Airbnb rental home that is rented only part of the year in the Agate Bay community near Lake Tahoe in Carnelian Bay (Placer County). Last week, supervisors in Placer County unanimously approved an ordinance that would cap the number of short-term rentals at 3,900, which amounts to about 25% of housing stock in the area. An Airbnb rental dubbed the Gingerbread Cottage near Lake Tahoe in Kings Beach (Placer County).

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