Highlands House Rules
Please Read Before Booking
We want you to relax, enjoy the Oregon Coast, and have a wonderful stay. We must also protect our home, respect our neighbors, comply with Highlands HOA rules, and maintain our Clatsop County vacation-rental permit.
These are material conditions of booking. A more detailed guest agreement and arrival guide will explain them further after booking, but will not add undisclosed material restrictions.
Booking Guest and Verification
The booking guest must:
- Be at least 25 years old;
- Complete required identity and payment verification;
- Be included in the approved guest count;
- Be present for the entire reservation;
- Arrive first unless another arrangement is approved in writing beforehand; and
- Accept responsibility for the entire group.
Third-party bookings are not permitted unless expressly approved in advance.
Verification must be completed before check-in. Access may be withheld or denied for failed, refused, incomplete, inaccurate, or unverifiable screening.
The guest is responsible for completing verification while the reservation remains eligible for a full or partial refund. Failure to complete verification before the applicable refund deadline does not create a right to a refund after the reservation becomes nonrefundable.
Occupancy: Maximum Eight
A maximum of eight registered guests may be present anywhere on the property at any time.
We require an accurate total guest count but do not routinely require every guest’s name.
Every person counts toward occupancy, including:
- Adults;
- Teenagers;
- Children; and
- Infants.
Occupancy is based on who is physically present—not who sleeps overnight, uses a bed, or stays for a particular length of time.
Only the approved guest count may enter or use the home, driveway, decks, hot tub, grill area, yard, or other amenities.
Tiny humans still count.
No Visitors
Visitors are not permitted.
Friends, relatives, neighbors, drop-in guests, and people staying at other properties may not visit or use the home or amenities unless the property manager approves the change in writing before they arrive.
A person still counts as present even when they:
- Do not stay overnight;
- Stop by briefly;
- Join only for a meal;
- Are related to a registered guest;
- Are staying elsewhere; or
- Claim they are not technically a guest.
For this property, the question is not whether someone sleeps here. The question is whether they are here.
No Coordinated Group Bookings
This home may not be used as the gathering location for a larger group divided between multiple homes, hotels, campsites, or vacation rentals.
Guests may not:
- Gather here with people staying elsewhere;
- Rotate people in and out;
- Host group meals with unregistered people;
- Use this home for parties, reunions, celebrations, meetings, wedding gatherings, or events;
- Allow people staying elsewhere to use the hot tub, decks, grill, driveway, or yard; or
- Treat several Highlands homes as one large shared compound.
The Highlands is a residential community—not a build-your-own private resort.
Children
Well-behaved children are welcome.
Parents and supervising adults are responsible for their children’s safety, conduct, noise, supervision, and damage.
Children must be directly supervised around:
- The hot tub;
- Decks, stairs, and railings;
- The grill;
- Fireplaces and heating equipment;
- The driveway; and
- Community roads.
Children may not climb on railings, furniture, counters, appliances, hot-tub covers, or other areas not designed for climbing.
We love children. We do not love unsupervised vacation-rental parkour.
Parking
A maximum of four vehicles is permitted.
The following are prohibited:
- Street parking;
- Blocking roads, driveways, mailboxes, neighboring property, or emergency access;
- Boats;
- Recreational vehicles;
- Trailers; and
- Commercial vehicles unless approved in writing.
All vehicles must remain completely within the approved parking area.
“Just for a minute” often becomes the exact minute someone needs through.
Pets
One dog is permitted with payment of the pet fee.
Dogs must:
- Remain leashed outside;
- Remain under the direct control of a responsible adult;
- Avoid excessive noise;
- Cause no damage or disturbance; and
- Have all waste picked up immediately.
Dogs may not be left unattended anywhere on the property for any length of time.
This includes leaving a dog alone:
- Inside the home;
- In a crate;
- In a bedroom;
- On a deck;
- In the yard;
- In a vehicle; or
- Secured outside.
Please plan activities around your dog. Remember why you brought your pet on vacation—to enjoy the trip with you, not to stay alone in an unfamiliar home.
No Smoking, Vaping, or Drugs
Smoking, vaping, and drug use are prohibited anywhere on the property.
This includes cigarettes, cigars, marijuana, vape devices, e-cigarettes, pipes, and other smoked or vaporized substances.
Guests are responsible for all resulting cleaning, odor remediation, repair, replacement, and damage costs.
Leaning halfway out a window does not transform indoor smoking into outdoor smoking.
Quiet Hours
Quiet hours are from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
During quiet hours:
- Outdoor noise must remain minimal;
- Music and amplified sound must be turned off;
- Voices must remain low;
- Noise may not carry beyond the property;
- Decks and outdoor spaces must be used quietly; and
- Vehicle noise must be minimized.
Quiet hours mean quiet enough that the neighbors are not unwilling participants in your vacation.
Hot-Tub Hours and Safety
The hot tub may only be used from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Use before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. is prohibited.
Guests must:
- Keep voices and music at a reasonable level;
- Directly supervise children;
- Keep glass away from the hot tub;
- Replace the cover properly;
- Never sit, stand, climb, jump, or place objects on the cover;
- Report damage or water-quality concerns promptly; and
- Stop using the hot tub when directed by the property manager.
The hot tub is for relaxing—not for starting the Highlands’ newest after-hours nightclub.
Community Rules
The following are prohibited:
- Hunting;
- Firearm discharge;
- Fireworks;
- Explosives; and
- Similar dangerous activities.
The Highlands community speed limit is 25 mph.
Please watch for residents, children, pets, pedestrians, wildlife, and vehicles entering driveways. The speed limit is not a suggested minimum.
Exterior Cameras and Recording Devices
The property has four active exterior security cameras. All record motion-activated video and audio.
There are no interior cameras. No camera monitors an indoor living area, bedroom, bathroom, or other private interior space.
Front Entrance Camera
Monitors:
- The front door;
- Exterior steps;
- The immediate entrance area; and
- Exterior access to the home.
Used for safety, security, access verification, occupancy compliance, and documentation of exterior incidents.
Driveway Camera
Monitors:
- The driveway;
- Vehicle-parking area; and
- Exterior approach to the property.
Used for safety, security, occupancy verification, parking compliance, and compliance with Clatsop County and Highlands HOA parking requirements.
Rear Deck and Hot-Tub Camera
Monitors:
- The rear deck;
- Hot-tub area;
- Rear exterior approaches; and
- Exterior access points serving that area.
Used for safety, security, occupancy compliance, quiet-hour and noise compliance, enforcement of the prohibition on hot-tub use after 10:00 p.m., protection of the hot tub, and investigation of reported or detected incidents.
Upper Deck Camera
Monitors:
- The upper deck;
- Grill area; and
- Exterior patio-door access points.
Used for fire and grill safety, security, occupancy compliance, exterior-access verification, and protection of the home and outdoor amenities.
Camera Monitoring and Footage Review
The cameras are not routinely watched live throughout every reservation.
Footage may be reviewed, or a camera may be monitored in real time, when:
- A safety or security alert is received;
- Unsafe, unauthorized, or rule-violating activity is reported or detected;
- A guest has already been contacted or warned about possible noncompliance;
- Guest conduct or communications create a reasonable concern;
- There is a concern involving occupancy, unauthorized people, parking, excessive noise, prohibited hot-tub use, grill safety, an unattended dog, property damage, or exterior access; or
- Review is reasonably necessary to address a complaint, incident, insurance matter, platform dispute, or alleged violation.
Footage may be retained when reasonably necessary for safety, security, compliance, damage documentation, insurance, legal matters, or booking-platform disputes.
Guests may not cover, move, disconnect, obstruct, disable, damage, unplug, reposition, or otherwise interfere with any camera, router, recording device, noise monitor, or safety equipment.
Nothing says “please review the footage” quite like attempting to disable the camera.
Fines, Termination, and Eviction
Guests will ordinarily receive one warning and an opportunity to correct a violation immediately.
After the first warning, when a violation is not corrected immediately, a $250.00 fine may be assessed for each separate violation, per violation, per day.
Separate violations may result in separate fines.
Continued, repeated, intentional, dangerous, or serious violations may result in:
- Multiple fines;
- Immediate termination of the reservation;
- Deactivation of access codes;
- Removal from the property;
- Platform reporting;
- Law-enforcement involvement when appropriate; and
- Eviction without a refund.
Serious safety concerns, parties, threats, unlawful activity, intentional damage, excess occupancy, or camera tampering may require immediate action without another warning.
We would much rather host you than evict you. Please do not make us choose the paperwork-heavy option.
Booking Guest Responsibility
The booking guest is responsible for:
- Every registered guest;
- Every child;
- Every dog or other permitted animal;
- All activity at the property;
- Compliance with these rules;
- Damage during the reservation; and
- Complaints, fines, disturbances, or violations caused by the group.
“I didn’t personally do it” may work in sibling arguments. It does not remove the booking guest’s responsibility for the reservation.
Thank You
These rules protect our guests, neighbors, home, Highlands HOA standing, and Clatsop County vacation-rental permit.
Please contact the property manager promptly with questions, safety concerns, maintenance needs, or problems.
Have fun, enjoy the coast, and please leave us with nothing more dramatic than deciding which beach you liked best.
