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Select Board declines to take a position on competing short‑term rental warrant articles ahead of special town meeting
Summary
With two competing citizen- and planning-board‑sponsored short-term rental articles on the special town meeting warrant, the Select Board split and ultimately did not adopt a formal comment or endorsement. Board members said the choice should rest with Town Meeting and noted the complexity and unresolved financial and legal analyses.
The Select Board considered whether to adopt formal comments to appear on the November 4 special town meeting warrant, which contains two competing short‑term rental items: a zoning-style codification article (Article 1) and a more prescriptive regulatory approach advanced as Article 2.
Board members described the matter as highly charged and complex, noting extensive public testimony and competing views about economic effects, housing availability and enforceability. Several members said they…
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