"He and his wife purchased a five-acre property with the intention of opening a campground-like retreat made up of four Airstream trailers that visitors could rent on Airbnb. After spending five years and over $250,000 preparing to open - a process that included restoring the vintage Airstream trailers by hand, connecting those trailers to utilities systems, moving through permitting processes and developing business and marketing plans - Troy's venture was up and running for about a week."
"Nye County commissioners passed an ordinance in late July, stacked with new regulations that short-term rental operators in town must follow: owners must now register their rental properties with business licenses, pay lodging taxes and adhere to a new set of rules related to rental operations. The ordinance expressly bans "Recreational Vehicles (RV's), travel trailers, tents, vehicles, and similar non-permanent structures" from operating as vacation rentals."
"He added that he's not the only vacation rental owner in town who's had to shut down as a result of its passing; others were forced to cease operations due to new regulations forbidding short-term rentals from operating within 1,000 feet of each other or 2,500 feet from a hotel. "We had about six to 10 nights of guests, then had to stop," Troy said. "Now we're stuck.""
Nye County commissioners passed an ordinance in late July imposing new regulations that require short-term rental owners in Pahrump to register properties with business licenses, pay lodging taxes, and follow operational rules. The ordinance bans recreational vehicles, travel trailers, tents, vehicles, and similar non-permanent structures from operating as vacation rentals. It prohibits short-term rentals from operating within 1,000 feet of each other or within 2,500 feet of a hotel. One owner invested five years and over $250,000 restoring four vintage Airstream trailers and opened for about a week before stopping operations. Several owners have shut down, leaving investments stranded and reducing rental availability in the gateway community east of Death Valley National Park.
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