Letters - Page 29

To the editor: Continuing a 13-month trend, regular Yachats City Council meeting attendees last week witnessed three more instances of lack of respect towards new council members James Kerti and Leslie Vaaler. In Thursday’s session, Mayor John Moore described the position of council president as mostly ceremonial and opened the nomination process. Kerti nominated Vaaler. The mayor had an opportunity

To the editor: The city of Yachats’ comprehensive land use plan and its supporting documents outline the protection of our scenic and visual environment as a guiding principle of the plan. There is currently, however, a big loophole in that protection. Inexplicably, Title 9 in the Yachats municipal code does not regulate the height of fences, hedges, walls and other

To the editor: Congratulations to the Yachats City Council for finding a solution to the problem of signs in our village. We’ve all been threatened by this issue with little hope of relief. Having made the initial attack, the council can now follow a well established pattern for sorting out the details: 1) Set an arbitrary limit on the number

To the editor: Being half time residents of Yachats, we fully endorse the proposed new city ordinance governing commercial and residential lighting in the city if it will limit excessive lighting, and preserve the dark, quaint, small town ambiance that is/was Yachats. We own a home in beautiful Yachats on Saki Lane. While we only spend half the month here,

To the editor: The vacation rental issue is one that is touching every community these days. I thought I would chime in some thoughts that I have on it. First, vacation rentals have been around for a very long time. They were never, as far as I can tell, an issue for communities until websites started proliferating offering them online.

To the editor: This is in response to a bulk mailing from Candy Neville and the Yachats Alliance. In summary, Neville and the alliance argues for unlimited and unregulated vacation rentals as beneficial to the city of Yachats, and that we the citizenry must enable them to continue to benefit financially without regard to hard costs and unintentional consequences to

To the editor: I have loved Yachats for 55 years.  I’ve seen many beautiful places in the world and now live on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, but I can honestly call Yachats the home of my heart. Part of my connection to Yachats comes from former residents Jack and Ellie Ewan. They passed away about a decade ago

To the editor: Yachats homeowners, are you aware that the Yachats City Council is enacting an ordinance that will limit your property rights, may lower the value of your home, extend the listing time should you wish to sell, and may for many potential buyers make their purchase of your property impossible. A small group of residents, many who moved

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