This summer, vacationing in South Lake Tahoe may look a little different, as a new ordinance will impose stricter regulations on vacation home rentals (VHR).
The South Lake Tahoe City Council on June 17 approved the ordinance, which includes a 150-foot buffer between single-family VHR properties outside of the core tourist area to ease crowds in neighborhoods where residents live year-round.
“Enforcement will be strict, and it will be fair. And we can have a community with VHR, and we can have a community that’s peaceful,” Councilmember David Jinkens said at the city council meeting.
In addition, the ordinance requires occupancy limits of two people per room with up to five children under 13 years old, video surveillance, stricter identity verification, and noise monitoring devices….