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Board keeps peer-to-peer rules under review, preserves authority to reclaim unused rental medallions
Summary
After extended debate, the Nantucket Select Board on Jan. 22 kept proposed amendments to Chapter 58 (rental vehicle medallions) on the May 3 warrant and directed staff to produce a revised draft that preserves the board’s ability to reclaim unused medallions, creates a process to reallocate them, and allows the board discretion to increase the medallion pool by up to 100.
Select Board members on Jan. 22 wrestled with competing priorities in proposed amendments to Chapter 58 of the Town Code governing rental vehicle medallions and peer-to-peer car sharing. The discussion focused on three linked issues: (1) whether people who rent a single personal vehicle through a peer-to-peer platform (for example, Turo) should be treated differently from commercial rental agencies; (2) how to identify and reclaim unused medallions; and (3) whether to increase the town’s medallion cap to accommodate existing peer-to-peer activity.
Town staff (Brian Turbot, Finance Director, and Amy Baxter) and Town Counsel presented a draft that would add a definition for peer-to-peer car sharing and give the Select Board regulatory authority to manage…
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