PCPOA addresses short-term rentals
Pine Cove Property Owners Association (PCPOA) board members unanimously approved a letter to the county at its May meeting addressing short-term rentals.
The letter, addressed to Riverside County Planning Department Principal Planner Steven Jones, is signed by Richard Schwartz, PCPOA president.
“The recent increase in the number of short-term rentals (STR) in the mountain community of Pine Cove (and Idyllwild) is of urgent concern to our Pine Cove Property Owners Association,” the letter begins. “We realize that mountain communities are a popular destination. The influx [of] visitors is something we learn to accommodate, but the increasing number of rentals changes the character of neighborhoods. While most renters are considerate and well behaved, problems have occurred.”
The association expresses concern over lack of enforcement thus far and if language will “be added to Ordinance 927 to enhance enforcement and deal with unregistered rental properties” and if there will be a cap on the number of STRs allowed in Pine Cove.
Schwartz also asks that the association be kept informed of meetings and “apprised of actions taken by the county in closed meetings.”
