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The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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OV enforcing rules on shortterm rentals
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This Week
BY DAVE PERRY
Tucson Local Media Contributor
M “We would be responsible to ensure they’re in compliance,” OVPD Chief Kara Riley told the town council. For many years, OVPD has provided town-funded SROs at Amphitheater Public Schools within the community. That’s now a total of six officers, plus a sergeant, in the SRO program. “We had decided as a community years ago this was important, the safety of our children,” said Councilmember Steve Solomon, who brought forward the expansion of the SRO effort in April, amid ever-increasing worries about school violence across the nation. “This should be, I would
ore than 100 short-term and vacation rental homes are now registered with the Town of Oro Valley, according to a map published on the town’s website, orovalleyaz.gov. The map is part of the town’s newly enforced rules, regulations, and licensing requirements for those properties. The Oro Valley Town Council adopted a shortterm/vacation rental ordinance in January, enacted it in February, and began a 90-day grace period for voluntary compliance that ended May 5. The new ordinance requires registration of short-term and vacation rentals, which are leased to transient guests for less than 30 days. A short-term rental license is $80 a year, the same price as an Oro Valley business license. Soon, according to a town release, owners will receive a letter notifying them of a possible $100 civil sanction if properties are not registered by June 6. Owners must also pay Oro Valley’s bed and sales tax levies. To register a short-term or vacation rental property, owners must prepare a list of documents, provide neighbors notification of intent to rent, give evidence of
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OV expands offer of SROs BY DAVE PERRY
Tucson Local Media Contributor
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he Oro Valley Town Council has decided to expand its offer of Oro Valley Police Department-assigned officers to every K-12 school in the community. The town council’s May 3 decision reads that each school should be invited to “have a school resource officer, or other alternate security” as approved by OVPD. If an SRO is assigned, “Oro Valley shall request a reimbursement from each school” for the cost of its officer, the policy reads. In addition, the OVPD, as well as the town’s emergency management and safety coordinator, should “annually review and provide input” on every school’s security and emergency plans.
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