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Committee advances short‑term rental ordinance to first reading; members ask for insurance and neighbor notification tweaks
Summary
The committee voted to pass a proposed ordinance governing short‑term rentals through first reading, directing staff to draft an insurance requirement and other clarifications before second reading.
The committee on Nov. 17 voted to pass a proposed ordinance regulating short‑term rentals (Airbnb/VRBO style) through its first reading and asked the city solicitor to add an insurance requirement and related clarifications for second reading.
Corporation Counsel Rumsey said the city currently lacks specific zoning language addressing short‑term rentals and that the draft ordinance is designed to permit such rentals under strict rules to protect neighborhoods and collect taxes. “This ordinance is a mechanism to allow short term rentals in Fall River because they're currently not allowed,” Rumsey said, and described options…
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