Agenda for March 9th
7:00: Introductions
7:05: Approval of February minutes and March agenda
7:07: Report from Police
7:10: Portland Streetcar (Dan Bower) - Overview of potential Broadway line
7:50: Land Use Report (Dean)
- Ratify letter to Eastmoreland
- Short-term rentals (should complaints be filed)
- If the property in question is being rented out as an AirBnB and is not licensed by the City, as of March 31, 2017, we will be able to file a complaint with BDS that will have real teeth. The license has a number of very specific rules:
- Owner/manager must live on site a min of 240 days a year
- No more than 5 persons may be housed in the short-term rental on the property (total) at one time
- If below grade, bedrooms must have legal egress windows
- There must be electrically interlinked smoke detectors in every bedroom and in the exterior hallways outside the bedrooms.
The penalty for operating a short term rental without a license and in violation of these rules ranges from $1000 to $5000 per occurrence. This can amount to serious money.
- Other updates
8:10: Disaster preparedness update (Huck)
8:15: Neighborhood cleanup (Jason)
8:20: Other COmmittee updates
8:25: Other new business
- Joseph's report on rooftop apple bandit
8:30: Adjourned