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Greendale board refers short-term rental (tourist homes) ordinance to planning commission for rewrite
Summary
Trustees voted to send proposed revisions to the village’s tourist homes (short-term rental) ordinance to the Planning Commission after staff and the village attorney prepared a draft rewrite. Trustees expressed concerns about minimum-stay and yearly-use limits and retained the health-department permit system.
The Village of Greendale Board of Trustees on Feb. 18 voted to refer a proposed rewrite of the village’s tourist homes (short-term rental/Airbnb) ordinance to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation.
Why it was referred
Staff and the village attorney reviewed existing village code and state restrictions and proposed a redraft to clarify definitions, inspection authority, permit fees and compliance standards. Director of Inspection Services Paul Wolfram (recent hire) reviewed discrepancies between the village code and state administrative rules and recommended clearer language about inspections and permit criteria.
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