Editor,
Regarding the March 3 story, “City officials considering Airbnb rules,” please let Councilman Joe Goethals and other members of the San Mateo City Council know: stop being so selfish.
Editor,
Regarding the March 3 story, “City officials considering Airbnb rules,” please let Councilman Joe Goethals and other members of the San Mateo City Council know: stop being so selfish.
Yes, all of you are lacking consideration for others; you are concerned chiefly with profit. We already have laws on the books that deal with these websites and issues. These laws are called zoning ordinances. Just in case you forgot, they control the use of land and buildings and, from the city of San Mateo’s own website, are “intended to protect city residents, their homes and businesses from conflicting activities nearby.” It also says that they control “what you can do in different parts of the city.”
Has anybody thought about holding public hearings to discuss this newer lodging practice (not to forget a change in the zoning laws)? I bought my house in a neighborhood — scratch that, community. I want it to remain as such. I do not want to live next door to a business, hotel, motel, vacation rental or anything referred to as “short-term lodging” or the potential litany of issues from such places. Do not try to legitimize this abhorrent behavior through taxation.
James Geranios
San Mateo
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