“In your own house you can singHappy Birthday to your children but if that were to happen in one of my properties,I would have to threaten guests with eviction,” Mr McClellan said.
He said the contact person requirements would be difficult,especially with Noosa’s bad phone reception.
“That’s unachievable for police,ambulances and fire brigades to reach a property every single time they get a call so how are real estate agents and nans and pops supposed to meet that?
“It’s sad that families won’t be able to come and enjoy a holiday here and instead we’ll get a greater influx of day trippers that will worsen traffic problems at Noosa.”
Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief executive Daniel Gschwind said everyone should take a “wait and see” approach on how the rule would affect the region.
“It has to be managed but there has to be a balance struck between permanent residents and commercial residences and rules should apply to both.
“Consumers will still go to Noosa and these regulations will not stop that ... it’s worth seeing how it plays out.”
Between December 21 and January 19,Noosa Shire Council received 12 complaints about short-stay letting properties.
Noosa Shire Residents and Ratepayers Association vice-president Aaron White said most of the community was pleased with the law.
“We’re hoping with the 24/7 hotline that complaints will be dealt with properly,” he said.
“We’ve held public forums where hundreds of people have turned up with an array of stories of party houses in suburban streets and parking has gotten worse.
“We don’t have a problem with holiday houses but it’s when the industry is trying to buy every property and converting them into a tourism operation in suburban streets,it becomes a problem.”
Mr White said he hoped the law would reduce the amount of short-stay lettings to make room for more long-term rentals.
“We’re getting restaurants and businesses who can’t get any workers because they can’t find long-term accommodation in Noosa,” he said.
“I think we need to achieve a balance and these laws will help.”
He said the requirements for owners to respond to complaints were appropriate.
“So many owners live interstate so there’s no one to directly contact when there is a problem.”
Noosa Short Term Accommodation Association chair David Langdon said there was concern over whether the proposed law would be impartial.
“Say if there is a permanent rental with kids playing in the pool before 7am,that wouldn’t be an issue,but if holiday renters were doing the same thing that would be a problem,” he said.
“Issues to do with car park requirements that have been seen to be a challenge have been pinpointed to holidaymakers but sometimes it’s not their cars filling the street parking.
“I’m not sure if there’s been enough learning in Australia in how to implement this but the starting point is so big,it would be difficult to review how it works if you’ve got many moving parts to it.”
Stayz corporate affairs director Eacham Curry said the council was ill-equipped to deal with regulating short-term accommodation.
“Cracking down on owners and guests as tourism is trying to recover from the pandemic means it is likely that money from holidaymakers will go elsewhere,” he said.