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Planning commission narrows short-term residential rental draft; residency rule kept, annual operating limit set at 90 days
Summary
Staff and the commission agreed to separate the town registry from zoning, keep a residency-based operator requirement, narrow operator/lessee limits, and in a straw poll set an annual short‑term rental duration at 90 days; staff will revise the draft town code and zoning permit language accordingly.
The Planning Commission revisited proposed rules for short-term residential rentals (STRs), including the registration process, residency requirement for operators and the annual limit on days a dwelling may be used as a short‑term rental.
Staff presented a two-part approach: move the operator registry into the town code so registration and its state-code exemptions are separate from zoning, and simplify the zoning chapter to require a zoning permit (rather than a home‑occupation permit) and operator residency proof. Miss Newton explained the separation so an exemption from registration would not also imply an exemption from zoning standards: "the registration requirement is a…
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