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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/29/2024 10:34 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 01/29/2024 10:34 AM
Expires: 01/01/2029 12:00 AM
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Short-Term Rentals Require Fire and Life Safety Inspection
Sonora, CA...Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors approved Ordinance Code Chapter 8.70 related to Fire and Life Safety Inspections for Short-Term rentals in the unincorporated areas of Tuolumne County. To keep all Tuolumne County residents and visitors safer, effective January 19, 2024, it is unlawful to maintain, operate, or use a short-term rental in the unincorporated areas of Tuolumne County without a Tuolumne County Fire Department (TCFD) Fire and Life Safety Inspection.
All inspections shall be renewed every two (2) years. During the implementation period of the new Ordinance, you may continue to operate your short-term rental. You will not be deemed in violation as long as you contact our office to schedule your inspection (s) 45 days after receiving your Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) return (s). TOT returns for short-term rentals will be mailed quarterly starting March 1st, 2024.
Owners shall have an agent authorized to represent the short-term rental on their behalf, including but not limited to, a property management company, and/or a local contact person year-round.
A short-term rental, also known as a peer-to-peer rental, can be a commercially solicited rental, single-family dwelling, a secondary dwelling unit, multifamily dwelling unit, studio, condominium, townhouse, duplex, guesthouse, bedroom within an existing residential unit, tiny home, cabin, multi-person dwelling, yurt or similar structure, rented for the purpose of overnight lodging for a period of not less than one night and not more than thirty (30) days.
The Ordinance requires the following:
Interior Posting- of a local contact person and emergency evacuation information.
Smoke Alarms- in each bedroom and at least one alarm on every level including basements and habitable attics.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms- where there are fuel-fired appliances or fireplaces and shall be
installed outside each bedroom on every level of the unit, including basements and habitable
attics.
Fire Extinguisher- one five-pound type 2-A:10-B:C installed at a readily available location near
the kitchen. If more than one level, an extinguisher must be mounted within each level and
inspected annually by a certified professional.
Visible Address- Each short-term rental is to have an address identification following Tuolumne
County Ordinance Code 12.12.080
Defensible Space- shall meet all the requirements of California Public Resource Code 4291 and
Tuolumne County’s Hazardous Vegetation Ordinance 8.14, which can be found on the web at
www.readyforwildfire.org and www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/165/Tuolumne-County-Ordinance-Code
Short-term rental Ordinance 8.70 can be found on the web at www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/165/Tuolumne-County-Ordinance-Code
Please contact the Tuolumne County Fire Prevention Division at, 209-533-5502, or email fireprevention@co.tuolumne.ca.us after receiving your TOT returns, to schedule your Fire and Life Safety Inspection today.
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No Subject
Posted on: 2024-01-29 11:22:51
By: Anonymous
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That should be done in all counties up here, yearly.
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Posted on: 2024-01-29 18:36:15
By: Anonymous
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This is absolute horsepoop!
These regulations are completely unnecessary.
There hasn't been one fire related loss or fatality among the hundreds of these premises across our counties.
Government overreach at it's worst!
This is big government, big fire, trying to over-regulate individuals and small business.
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EXCELLENT!
Posted on: 2024-01-29 12:20:19
By: Anonymous
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Calaveras county needs to adopt this very ordinance. Short Term Rentals are causing enough problems as it is!
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Re: EXCELLENT!
Posted on: 2024-01-29 13:30:57
By: Anonymous
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The Ghetto on Live Oak Dr. is ripe in going up.
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Re: EXCELLENT!
Posted on: 2024-01-29 16:27:28
By: Anonymous
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Nothing can help Douglas Flat
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Re: EXCELLENT!
Posted on: 2024-01-29 15:14:01
By: Anonymous
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The supervisors of Calaveras are useless. Pay attention to who you vote for next time around
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Re: EXCELLENT!...pay attention to who you vote for
Posted on: 2024-01-29 16:44:41
By: Anonymous
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No sh!t, Sherlock.
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No Subject
Posted on: 2024-01-29 21:40:12
By: Anonymous
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I have done extensive research on this Measure A , better known as another con job on the taxpayers! There are no concrete plans on how this money is going to be spent, but I can warn you, there is way too much spending going on for retired fire personnel that get hired to work fires, and get paid exorbitant checks on top of their all ready bloated retirements that you and I pay for! If you really care, look into the existing salaries and compensation packages for the chiefs, secretaries in Murphys, Arnold, this is and has to be public knowledge, and if you ask, they will give you, the taxpayer some bogus lie! I know of “ NO ON MEASURE A SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN, DEFACED, AND WHATEVER! This measure will improve nothing but bloated salaries for people that already make too much for the little districts they work for!, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING ON THIS VERY SUBJECT ON SUNDAY, FEB 3rd in Valley Springs. Attend and get enlightened, this measure should be defeated! 2: P.M. at the Veterans Hall
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No Subject
Posted on: 2024-01-29 21:47:02
By: Anonymous
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This Measure will affect every property owner in our county, if you live in West Point, attend, if you live in BTV, attend, if you live in Copper, attend, these crafty libtards want to circumvent you, the taxpayers, no way Jose!
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Posted on: 2024-01-30 06:48:16
By: Anonymous
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I'm a firefighter, career choice. I am hoping to get injured early on so I can collect my full, fat pension when I am a young man instead of having to wait till I am 50. I want to start feeding at the trough as soon as I possibly can, so please vote Yes on A. Not so much a dibillitating injury, just one that will allow me to retire real early, collect a fat check monthly, but still do whatever I want as a 35 year old retiree. Thanks for voting Yes on A.
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Posted on: 2024-01-30 07:35:37
By: Anonymous
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FUK NO ON A
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