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Select Board considers mediated process to seek consensus on short‑term rental rules; will re‑agenda and invite stakeholders
Summary
After years of controversy and a Land Court ruling, the board discussed privately mediated negotiations — not binding legislation — as a way to craft a zoning/bylaw package that might attract broader support. The board agreed to re‑agenda the idea and seek stakeholders’ willingness to participate.
The Nantucket Select Board on July 9 discussed using a confidential mediation process to try to reach a compromise on short‑term rental regulation after a Land Court decision overturned a zoning board ruling on a specific rental use.
Select Board counsel and outside counsel outlined a mediator‑led process in which the town would select a neutral with zoning and land‑use experience, identify a limited set of participants (for example one representative from each principal town board and key stakeholder groups) and run confidential sessions in advance of preparing a single warrant article for town meeting. Proponents said mediation can surface tradeoffs and allow frank, off‑the‑record discussion;…
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