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Applicant tells planning board her short-term rentals have operated without incident; motion to approve was made, outcome not specified in transcript
Summary
Karen McChane described operating short-term rentals since March 2020, presented required posters and answered board questions about past incidents; a motion to approve continuation was made but the transcript does not record a vote outcome.
Karen McChane told the Glens Falls City Planning Board she has operated a short-term rental since March 2020 and that she has not had problems with guests. McChane said she brought the required property posting materials to the meeting and described one past incident she managed personally.
"The first people were there March 2020," McChane said when a board member asked how long she had operated the rental. She also said she provided the required posters for each property and that the rental's history had been "clean": "No. No problems," she told the board when asked whether there had been issues.
A board member moved to approve continuation of the short-term rental operation; the motion text was read into the record, identifying the proposal as seeking to continue operation of an unposted short-term rental unit in an LMC zoning district and referencing local zoning code chapters listed on the agenda. The transcript excerpt does not record a second, a vote tally or the final outcome for that motion.
Board members asked routine compliance questions, including whether the rental had been posted and how the owner addressed gatherings; McChane described intervening personally when guests held a gathering and said she enforces rules strictly and gets along with neighbors.
The record shows the application was discussed and a motion to approve was made; the transcript excerpt does not show whether the board ultimately approved, tabled or otherwise resolved the application.
