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CITY OF LANGLEY TOURIST ACCOMMODATION PURPOSE Informing how to do tourist accommodation in Langley Rules and regulations Encourage compliance Create a level playing field Understand whether tourist accommodation influences


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CITY OF LANGLEY

TOURIST ACCOMMODATION

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PURPOSE Informing how to ‘do’ tourist accommodation in Langley

 Rules and regulations  Encourage compliance  Create a level playing field

Understand whether tourist accommodation influences housing capacity

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ELEMENTS OF LANGLEY’S GROWTH & PROSPERITY

Langley Prosperity

Citizens

Environment

Business/ Chamber/ Main St

Utilities/ Infrastructure

City Government

Port of South Whidbey

Schools Arts

Recreation Housing

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TOURIST ACCOMMODATION REVENUE (2015)

 Hotel/motel taxes - $4.2 m in 2015  The City received $136,131 for the Tourism Fund

  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Island Shakespeare
  • Langley Street Dance
  • Langley Main Street
  • WICA
  • Langley Whale Center
  • SeaTac Shuttle wrap
  • County-wide Interlocal

Agreement

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TOURIST ACCOMMODATION Hotel (Inn at Langley) Motel (Langley Motel) Bed & Breakfast Inn Bed & Breakfast Rooms (rooms in the home or in an accessory dwelling unit)

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NUMBERS OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION UNITS

 36 tourist accommodation operators

(known)

 A total of 96 rooms/units:  Four hotel/motel operators with 58 units

total

 Thirty-eight units located in vacation

rental type accommodation

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TOURIST ACCOMMODATION – MUNICIPAL CODE

Hotel/motel B&B Inn B&B Rooms Commercial B&B Rooms Residential Permitted Use Central Business & Neighborhood Business Zones All Residential zones Conditional Use Mixed Residential & all Residential zone Approval Hearing Examiner or Administrative Approval (depends on scale) Administrative Approval

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BED & BREAKFAST (ROOMS)

Commercial

  • A room(s) used transient lodging located in a building used

primarily as a commercial establishment

  • The room(s) must be located above the first or street level
  • r behind the street front side of the building

Residential

  • A room(s) used for transient lodging located in a dwelling, or,

in an approved accessory dwelling unit on the same property,

  • The principal dwelling must be owner-occupied
  • Maximum 2 rooms
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BED & BREAKFAST INN

 A building or group of buildings for

tourist lodging rental

 Maximum of six rooms  Breakfast is the only meal served  In a residential zone the B&B Inn is

the only commercial business

 Full time on site manager

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OTHER REQUIREMENTS

 Business license  Parking  Signs  Building Permit  Utility permits and connections

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EXAMPLE OF COSTS FOR A B&B IN A NEW ADU

COSTS

 Business license - $125  Utility Fees (permit, connection &

participation)

 Water – $3,982  Sewer - $5,446 + $1,930 for lots

created after 1992 APPROVAL

 Administrative approval with notice  Design Review  Building permit

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STATE REQUIREMENTS

 The Washington State Department of Revenue

requires:

 Any transient rental (guests stay less then 30

days) that is rented 3 or more times a year to be registered

 Registration is for the purpose of collecting

sales tax and lodging tax from guests.

 The Washington State Department of Health

requires registration and a license to operate ‘transient accommodation’.

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HOUSING

In 2016 Langley has a total of 749 dwelling units According to the 2010 census:

 47% are owner occupied  35% are renter occupied  9% are occupied seasonally  9% are vacant

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NEXT STEPS

 Consider code amendments to

increase ADU’s.

 We will be reaching out to

  • perators to regularize

unapproved tourist accommodation and ADU’s

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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CITY OF LANGLEY

PO Box 366 112 Second Street Langley WA 98260 360.221.4246

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