"REQUEST TO SHUTDOWN NONESSENTIAL STR BUSINESS IN LARGE RESIDENTIAL CONDO On behalf on the permanent residents of our large condo building, please shutdown the shortterm rentals (aka, air bnb, Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals) in our building as they are 1. NON essential, 2. unregulated by the health department, and 3. they endanger the health of the permanent residents during this health emergency. Approximately 1/2 of our large 250+-unit condo building is comprised of short term rentals (STR) maintained by investors who, mostly, do Not live here. Many STR owners live in other countries, etc. Their units are basically hotel rooms that they operate and manage from afar. Several of those commercial-venture units are now advertising deep discounts to come stay in our home. We do not believe non-essential (unregulated) entrepreneurs should be allowed to risk our health. The other 1/2 of our building includes dozens of permanent residents who live here full time. The average age of those permanent owner residents is 60+ years old. We have several residents in their 70s and 80s. My neighbor is 81, a diabetic and stroke survivor. I’m 58 with asthma. Another older person on my hall has cancer..... several other residents have varying disabilities. A quick check online reveals that there are plenty of available hotel rooms at COMMERCIAL HOTELS in downtown Seattle. There is NO shortage of commercial hotel space that would justify these unregulated hotel rooms in our RESIDENTIAL building operating during a pandemic. Commercial hotels are a much safer place for visitors right now. (The prices are comparable. The Hilton app has a range of $78 to $200+ a night.)Please, please, please SHUT DOWN airbnb-type commercial ventures that are operating in huge condo buildings downtown. They are NON ESSENTIAL AND SHOULD BE CLOSED. Hotels are available and are properly regulated by the health department. The people who work at hotels are deemed essential. My elderly neighbors and I are not essential and don’t want to be exposed and exploited by airbnb owners who don’t even live here. We vote in local elections. They don’t. The short term rentals at BELLTOWN COURT CONDO should not be allowed to stay in business during the shutdown when they endanger the lives of elderly and vulnerable residents who live here and don’t have anywhere else to go.This is our home. Please don’t allow airbnb visitors in our residential building, when we are all doing everything we can to flatten the curve for you. Those fly-by-night (literally) commercial ventures are too risky in a huge building for elderly and vulnerable residents.Important to Note:Our large condo building differs from airbnb in a house or single family dwelling. We can only isolate and quarantine so far here. It’s mostly shared confined spaces. And we never know who the STR visitor are, where they’re from, etc.I know you are overwhelmed, but this impacts the lives of dozens of elderly people with underlying health conditions. On 2nd Ave... Belltown Court Condo. Please NO VACANCY at Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals in large condos durIng this national and state health emergency. There are commercial hotels in town who need the business. Please shut down the unregulated hoteliers in my home. They are non essential businesses who have no regard for the safety of their neighbors. We feel like hostages while they are allowed to operate and rotate strangers in/out of our home from all over the world. PLEASE LET US KNOW SOMETHING ASAP. We really do appreciate your help. Thank you, Claudia Donaldson 2415 2nd Ave #649 Seattle, WA 98121 Phone: 432-296-0924Email: Claudia@ClaudiaDonaldsonLaw.com" - Claudia Donaldson
The aforementioned complaint was filed by Claudia Donaldson in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday April 1, 2020 with Essential Business against Belltown Court Condo homeowners saying Non-essential business is open. Email address given was claudia@claudiadonaldsonlaw.com and phone number given was 4322960924.