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Planning commission backs council’s stricter short‑term rental language restricting whole‑home rentals in residential districts
Summary
The commission recommended the remanded, more restrictive language that limits whole‑home short‑term rentals by CUP to commercial districts and permits owner‑occupied partial rentals via administrative review; registration rules and tax code remain separate.
Poquoson’s Planning Commission recommended approval of revised short‑term rental code language that the City Council remanded to the commission. The remanded language substantially narrows where whole‑home short‑term rentals may operate and how partial‑home rentals are reviewed.
Under the language remanded by Councilwoman Bunting and considered by the commission, whole‑home or whole‑space short‑term rentals would be eligible for a Conditional Use Permit only in commercial districts; owner‑occupied partial‑home short‑term rentals (for example, a bedroom or mother‑in‑law suite) would be…
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