The Bedford Zoning Board of Adjustments denied a special‑exception request to register 2812 Jasmine Court as a short‑term rental within 1,000 feet of an existing registered short‑term rental.

City planning staff described the property as located at the end of a cul‑de‑sac and said the nearest registered property that triggers the spacing requirement is roughly 830 feet away. Staff summarized the five factors the board must weigh under the ordinance when considering an exception to the 1,000‑foot rule and provided a brief staff analysis in the packet.

Applicant Mary Ann Fanous told the board she and her husband own the house, live part time elsewhere, and planned to rent the house short term while not occupying it. Fanous said the property is on a quiet cul‑de‑sac, has a fenced yard, a two‑car garage and driveway space, and that she would require ID verification for guests and use exterior cameras. “We have quiet hours. We have enforcement for no parties,” Fanous said, and she told the board she would not allow boats, RVs or other large vehicles.

Neighbors who live in the cul‑de‑sac and surrounding blocks spoke against the exception, several saying they have lived on the street for decades. An adjacent neighbor said the cul‑de‑sac’s limited vehicle capacity allowed street sports and child play and that three weekends this fall when the house was rented produced more cars than resident households normally use. “Over the years... we were able to do things on this cul de sac that you can't do on a normal street,” one neighbor said, adding that strangers and increased weekend vehicles had already appeared.

Speakers also raised proximity to an elementary school, past vandalism to a vehicle at the rental property, and that some rentals in the area had led to late‑night noise and parked trailers. Several speakers urged the board to apply the spacing rule strictly and suggested the ordinance be tightened further for cul‑de‑sacs.

Board members said the applicant had not shown property characteristics or other special circumstances sufficient to meet the ordinance exception factors. A motion to deny carried unanimously.

With the denial, 2812 Jasmine Court cannot be registered as a short‑term rental under the current spacing rule. Staff will record the action and notify the applicant; neighbors asked the city to enforce parking and noise rules for any future activity at the property.