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Planning commission reviews council‑requested changes to short‑term rental rules, considers narrower eligibility
Summary
Poquoson staff reviewed city council’s amendments to proposed short‑term rental rules that would restrict whole‑home short‑term rentals to commercially zoned properties and require owner‑occupancy for partial rentals; the commission will decide whether to recommend council’s narrower language or retain earlier, more permissive rules.
Thomas Hirsch, planning staff, summarized a recent city‑council remand of proposed short‑term rental regulations and the changes that council requested the commission reconsider.
What staff presented and why it was remanded
Hirsch told commissioners the planning commission had previously recommended a more permissive approach that would have allowed whole‑home short‑term rentals in any zoning district by conditional use permit and allowed partial‑home (room) rentals when an operator, not necessarily the owner, lived off‑site. City council considered that language and remanded…
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