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.

 

Updated November 21, 2024 (used for 2024 application window for 2025 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  1,124 6% 67 13 0 13 54
               Cashmere UGA 322 6% 19 0 0 0 19
98816     Chelan- unincorporated 2040 6% 122 77 0 77 45
               Chelan UGA 230 6% 14 0 0 0 14
98817     Chelan Falls 141 6% 8 2 0 2 6
98821     Dryden 170 6% 10 1 0 1 9
98822     Entiat- unincorporated 493 6% 30 6 0 6 24
               Entiat UGA 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0
98826     Leavenworth- unincorporated 1464 6% 88 198 0 198 -110
               Leavenworth UGA 250 0% 0 0 0 0 0
               Lake Wenatchee 1,034 6% 62 94 -1 93 -31
               Kahler Glen N/A N/A N/A 17 -17 N/A N/A
               Plain 1,645 6% 99 123 0 123

-24

98828     Malaga 995 6% 60 2 0 2 58
98831     Manson- unincorporated 1,161 6% 70 46 0 46 24
               Manson UGA 1,374 9% 124 70 -4 66 58
98836     Monitor 202 6% 12 1 0 1 11
98847     Peshastin- unincorporated 322 6% 19 25 0 25 -6
               Peshastin UGA 280 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 1,746 6% 105 22 0 22 83
               Wenatchee UGA 1,978 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 district that do not count toward cap numbers.

The rows for totals by zip code have been removed for clarity.  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: 11/21/2024 02:46 PM

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