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Board of Health opens public hearing on events at short-term rentals; attorney presents three regulatory options
Summary
The Board opened a public hearing to consider regulating large events at short-term rental properties. An attorney presented three approaches — enforce existing rules, amend short-term rental rules to require permits or prohibit certain gatherings, or expand permitting to all private residences — and the board asked staff to draft options.
NANTUCKET, Mass. — The Nantucket Board of Health on Jan. 16 opened a public hearing to consider how the town should regulate large events at private homes, particularly when those homes are used as short-term rentals.
Greg Corbeau, town counsel, laid out three general options for the board: do nothing and rely on existing regulations (short-term rental rules, noise bylaw, tent permits and other enforcement tools); amend the short-term rental regulations to require permits or limits for large gatherings at rental properties; or expand permitting requirements to any private residence hosting a large event.
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