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Augusta commissioners direct staff to schedule work session on short-term rental rules
Summary
After months of review, staff presented two short-term rental models — a strict 14-day owner-occupied limit and a moderate 30-day option that includes military exemptions — and the commission asked the short-term rental subcommittee to schedule a workshop to draft ordinance language.
Augusta commissioners asked staff to schedule a workshop to further develop an ordinance regulating short-term rentals after hearing two draft models that ranged from a strict preservation-focused approach to a more moderate regulatory framework.
Mayor Garnett Johnson introduced the item and said the goal was to “protect the sanctity of neighborhoods, but also allow those who like to rent their homes” to do so. Director Carla Delaney reviewed two options: a preservation approach that would limit owner-occupied rentals in single-family residential zones to 14 days per year and prohibit rental-use…
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