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This measure is more than a change to vacation house rental rules. It could reduce an important source of City revenue, create new enforcement challenges and administrative costs, and require another costly vote to make any future changes to the ordinance.
No future vacation-rental permits, at all.
Removes the choice of all current and future home owners.
Existing permitted homes must meet the new requirements before renewing their existing permits.
A resident host must be present, on site, at all times during every guest stay.
SIMPLE WORDS
BIG CONSEQUENCES
3%
OF DUNES CITY HOMES ARE PERMITTED VACATION RENTALS
Only 27 homes are currently permitted vacation rentals.
Measure 20-386 permanently prohibits any future vacation-rental permits.
Maybe someday rental income helps you keep your family home.
Maybe you purchase your retirement home years before you can actually move here.
Maybe your children inherit your property, but either cannot or choose not to live in it.
You don’t have to own a vacation rental to care about that.
CAN WE TEST MEASURE 20-386 AND FIX IT LATER?
NO!
ANY CHANGES WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER CITYWIDE VOTE.
If the permanent-resident requirement doesn’t work.
If city revenue falls.
If enforcement becomes too expensive.
If unintended problems appear.
If residents decide something needs to change.
YOUR ELECTED CITY COUNCIL STILL CANNOT JUST FIX IT. INSTEAD IT TAKES
Another election.
Another ballot.
Another campaign.
More time.
More expense.
20-386 DOESN’T JUST CHANGE THE RULES.
IT MAKES THEM HARD TO CHANGE BACK.
Why take ordinary local decision making away from the people we elect to run our City?
It does not simply mean a local property manager.
It does not mean someone nearby who can respond when there is a problem.
Dunes City already requires local emergency and complaint contacts with rapid response within 30 minutes.
Measure 20-386 goes much further.
The On-Site Host must actually reside in the vacation home as their primary and permanent residence.
That residency must be supported by government-issued identification or other objective documentation.
The resident host must remain physically present at all times while any guests are in the home.
INCLUDING OVERNIGHT
The City’s own clarification explains that the host occupies one of the home’s bedrooms, reducing guest occupancy.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
A family rents a private vacation home expecting privacy.
But another person must permanently live inside that same home and remain there while the family is staying — including overnight.
THAT IS WHAT “ON-SITE HOST” MEANS.
For many existing vacation homes, the choices become painfully simple.
STOP RENTING
OR SELL.
THESE ARE HOMES. NOT HOTELS.
A vacation rental is still a home.
Some have been in families for generations.
Others were purchased years ago by people who plan to make Dunes City their permanent home when they retire.
For many owners, renting the home for part of the year helps cover property taxes, insurance, repairs, utilities and maintenance so they can keep and care for the property.
Allowing a homeowner to rent their home does not turn it into a hotel.
Measure 20-386 would take away that choice from current owners and prevent future homeowners from ever having it.
A HOME DOESN’T BECOME A HOTEL JUST BECAUSE A FAMILY STAYS THERE FOR A FEW NIGHTS.
RENTING OUT A HOME DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY LESS OF A HOME.
Vacation homes create regular work for people who live right here and throughout the Florence and Dunes City area.
HOME CARE
Cleaners
Property Managers
LOCAL TRADES
Plumbers
Electricians
Contractors
PROPERTY CARE
Landscapers
Maintenance workers
THESE ARE LOCAL PEOPLE EARNING REAL MONEY.
When rentals stop, there are fewer cleanings.
Fewer service calls.
Less landscaping.
Less repair work.
Less maintenance.
The effect doesn’t stop with the homeowner.
IT MOVES DIRECTLY INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
Visitors buy groceries. They eat in restaurants. They buy gasoline. They shop. They pay for recreation. They rent equipment. They spend money throughout our area.
Whole-home vacation rentals give families something a motel room often cannot: Multiple bedrooms. A kitchen. Privacy. Space for a family to stay together. Lake access. A dock. A yard.
When that lodging disappears, families who want or need a whole home have fewer local choices.
Some will simply stay somewhere else.
Travel Oregon's latest survey, conducted in June 2026 states:
Average length of stay was 5.2 days- Average group size was 2.5 adults and 1.6 children. 30.9% of all respondents stated that they stayed in the Dunes City/Florence/ Westlake area.
Average party spent-
$164 per day on restaurants.
$117 per day on recreation.
$89 per day on retail purchases.
$61 per day on groceries.
Fewer visitors mean fewer dollars flowing through restaurants, stores, gas stations, recreation and local services.
Why would a tourism community deliberately drive that spending away?
Permitted vacation rentals each pay $500.00 application and $1000.00 permit fees every year.
They also pay Dunes City 5% of their gross rental revenue every month, plus Transient Occupancy Tax
When a vacation home stops renting —
The city’s expenses don’t. City Hall still operates. City employees must still get paid. Complaints still happen. Codes still need to be enforced.
So where does the replacement money come from?
HIGHER FEES?
CITY RESERVES?
CUTS SOMEWHERE ELSE?
DUNES CITY RESIDENTS?
There is no magic source of municipal money.
When revenue disappears, the City either replaces it or spends less.
Every voter deserves an answer to that question before voting Yes.
Measure 20-386 creates more responsibilities that will incur costs and additional regulations for Dunes City Hall to enforce.
Monitor Permanent residency.
Review Residency documentation.
Check that their "on site host" is present at all times during guest stays.
Oversee Occupancy changes
Respond to any and all complaints..
Scrutinize that the required 60-minute violation correction is being adhered to .
The city still has to deal with people who operate rentals without permits or simply ignore the rules.
Imagine a resident with a real problem late at night.
Loud music. - Cars everywhere. - An unpermitted rental. - Nobody responding
That resident doesn’t need another paragraph in the City Code.
And enforcement costs money.
Why create more enforcement responsibilities while driving away revenue from permitted rentals?
Strong neighborhood protection requires strong enforcement.
Strong enforcement requires resources.
Current Dunes City law already:
Limits the number of vacation-rental permits.
Caps maximum occupancy at rentals based on interpreted septic capacity.
Requires application and permit fees.
Charges 5% of gross rental revenue every month.
Requires 24/7 local emergency and complaint contacts.
Requires a local responder within a 30-minute drive.
Requires exterior video monitoring, that is held for 30 days.
Requires rapid response to complaints.
Allows City investigation of violations.
Provides serious consequences for repeated City-substantiated violations, and revocation of permit.
ONLY 6 ACTUAL VIOLATIONS IN NEARLY TWO YEARS
2025- 1 VIOLATION 2026- 5 VIOLATIONS
4 OF THE 5 VIOLATIONS IN 2026 CAME FROM ONE PROPERTY.
All four were occupancy-related violations at the same address. In other words, one property accounted for 80% of the City’s substantiated violations this year.
The remaining 2026 violation was a public-peace issue related to work being performed at a vacation rental
THIS WAS SITE-WORK NOISE — NOT A GUEST PARTY.
WHAT ABOUT THE SEPTIC COMPLAINTS?
21 SEPTIC RELATED COMPLAINTS- BUT NO VERIFIED SEPTIC FAILURES OR OVERFLOWS.
Twenty-one complaints were filed that questioned whether vacation rentals had the required Lane County septic approvals.
So what did the City's review actually find?
They did not uncover 21 failing septic systems.
Some of the complaints involved properties the City had already found in compliance — no violation.
Others involved Lane County approval, inspection or documentation issues while the County worked through staffing and processing delays.
By late August, only three homes were still awaiting completion of the County inspection-payment process. The City reported that those septic systems had already been properly designed, reviewed, permitted and inspected when constructed.
THE COMPLAINTS WERE REAL. THE SEPTIC FAILURES WERE NOT.
Complaints should be reviewed. Actual violations should be enforced. But public policy should be based on what the investigation finds — not simply on how many complaints are filed.
Peaceful neighborhoods matter.
Responsible guests matter.
Occupancy, parking and septic rules matter.
And people who repeatedly break the rules should face consequences.
Enforce the rules already on the books.
Shut down unpermitted rentals.
Hold repeat violators accountable.
Give neighbors real recourse when there is a problem.
Protect the revenue needed to enforce those rules.
Protect local jobs.
Protect tourism dollars.
Protect family homes.
Protect homeowners’ future choices.
And keep Dunes City’s elected officials able to fix local laws when circumstances change.
Protect Our Homes. - Protect Property Rights For Everyone. - Protect Local Jobs. - Protect Tourism. - Protect City Revenue.
Protect Enforcement. - Protect Property Choices. - Protect Local Control.
Before voting, ask:
What does “On-Site Host” really mean?
Why should more than 97% of residential addresses permanently lose a future option because fewer than 3% currently have permitted vacation rentals?
What happens to local workers when rentals stop?
What happens to visitor spending?
What happens to City revenue?
Who pays for the additional enforcement?
And why should your elected City Council be unable to fix the ordinance without another election?
Email: contact@dunescitypropertyrights.org
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