Volume 30 • Number 2 January 11, 2023
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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OV creates rules for short-term / vacation rentals
INSIDE
This Week
BY DAVE PERRY Tucson Local Media Contributor
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NEWS........................... 8 OV expands children's fun at Tohono Chul
LIVEN UP..................... 11 Musicians Febbo and Fuentes to perform at Steam Pump Ranch.
The 2022 Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce business summit will be held at Westward Look. (Joey Ambrose/BoomPix Media)
Oro Valley business summit returns with changes BY HOPE PETERS
Tucson Local Media Staff Writer
HEALTH...................... 17 Chocolate is actually good for you! LIVEN UP...................................... 10 YOUTH.......................................... 14 SPORTS......................................... 15 HEALTH........................................ 17 PUZZLE/HOROSCOPES.............. 19 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS............ 20
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ro Valley Chamber of Commerce kicks off the new year with its second business summit from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa. Large and small businesses as well as individuals are invited to attend the summit to participate, discuss and learn ways to advance and promote their businesses. The summit will feature three workshops in the morning and includes lunch. Speakers include Oro Valley
Mayor Joe Winfield and keynote speaker, Ted Maxwell. “Last year was our very first one, so we are still trying to figure out how it will look,” said Kristen Sharp, Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce president and chief executive officer. “It was very successful, and people were very happy with it from the feedback that we got, so we are doing it again.” Mary Martin of Good News Communications will present the workshop “Marketing Your Business,” while Ryan Lambert of Three See SUMMIT Page 6
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o protect “the health, safety and welfare” of its citizens, a unanimous Oro Valley Town Council has adopted what it called “reasonable regulations” for short-term/vacation rental properties in the community. Owners of short-term/vacation rentals have until early May to comply with the rules. “We didn’t invent this ordinance,” Councilmember Tim Bohen said. It is being created to anticipate any “major problems” with parties, noise, lighting, parking and other violations at short-term/vacation rentals that have been encountered by communities “throughout the state.” Paul Melcher, Oro Valley’s director of community and economic development, estimated there are between 260 and 400 short-term vacation rental properties within Oro Valley. Some of them may not be registered with the town. It is a growing industry of businesses, generally operated by sole proprietors, generating economic activity, tourism, employment, and resulting sales, utilities and bed tax revenues for the community. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022, Oro Valley collected $512,456 in bed tax
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