Community Development

Short-Term Rental Statistics

Chelan County Code: The Community Development Director shall annually by March 15 determine the share of short-term rentals to the overall housing stock in each of the unincorporated zip codes and urban growth areas, and accordingly schedule a permit application time window, to be held only once annually between June 1 and July 31, to allow new short-term rental applications for the following year in each zip code and growth area where the cap is not exceeded.

We strive to update the chart below quarterly.

 

Updated March 4, 2025 (used for 2025 application window for 2026 permits).

Area 2024 Housing Units Cap % Cap # Existing Less Exemptions Calculated Existing Available

98811      Ardenvoir

33 6% 2 0 0 0 2
98815     Cashmere- unincorporated  1,464 6% 88 6 0 6 82
               Cashmere UGA 323 6% 19 0 0 0 19
98816     Chelan- unincorporated 2,076 6% 125 64 0 64 61
               Chelan UGA 234 6% 14 0 0 0 14
98817     Chelan Falls 141 6% 8 1 0 1 7
98821     Dryden 170 6% 10 1 0 1 9
98822     Entiat- unincorporated 502 6% 30 3 0 3 27
               Entiat UGA 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0
98826     Leavenworth- unincorporated 1,734 6% 104 111 0 111 -7
               Leavenworth UGA 251 0% 0 0 0 0 0
               Lake Wenatchee 1,041 6% 62 117 -1 116 -54
               Kahler Glen N/A N/A N/A 17 -17 N/A N/A
               Plain 1,666 6% 100 112 0 112

-12

98828     Malaga 1,010 6% 61 2 0 2 59
98831     Manson- unincorporated 1,247 6% 75 38 0 38 37
               Manson UGA 1,392 6% 84 64 -4 60 24
98836     Monitor 206 6% 12 1 0 1 11
98847     Peshastin- unincorporated 604 6% 36 23 0 23 13
               Peshastin UGA 281 0% 0 7 -3 4 -4
98852     Stehekin See note below N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
98801     Wenatchee- unincorporated 1,764 6% 106 15 0 15 91
               Wenatchee UGA 2,010 0% 0 0 0 0 0

2024 housing unit totals are provided by the Washington State Office of Financial Management.

Negative numbers in the "Available" column represent areas where caps have been exceeded.

Exemptions shown are those STRs located in commercially zoned districts or pre-established Master Planned Reports that do not count toward cap numbers.

Calculated allowed caps in UGAs and unincorporated areas are not to affect one another.

County Code provides that an additional public process is needed to develop regulations applicable to short-term rentals in Stehekin. That code will be developed at a later date. 

Posted: 03/22/2022 12:54 PM
Last Updated: 03/04/2025 02:34 PM

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