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Town board debates details, hears public comments before moving on short‑term rental local law
Summary
The Town Board of Goshen continued a public hearing on short‑term rentals on July 10, heard public commentary and planning‑board suggestions, and placed a motion to adopt an introductory local law with three additions; the transcript does not show a final vote tally for adoption.
The Town Board of Goshen continued a public hearing on short‑term rentals on July 10, received public comment, discussed planning‑board suggestions, and placed a motion to adopt the introductory local law regulating short‑term rentals (Introductory Local Law No. 13 of 2024, to become Local Law No. 4 of 2025). The record does not include a roll‑call result for the adoption motion.
Deputy supervisor (unnamed) reopened the continuation of the public hearing. Planning‑board attorney Kelly Naughton had provided redlined comments and the planning board suggested drafting the law both as a standalone local law and showing how it would look when incorporated into the town code. Board members and members of the public urged either listing common adverse effects of short‑term rentals (noise, parking, trash, inability to reach owners) in the law’s legislative purpose section or keeping the purpose broader with the phrase “including but not limited to.” One board member suggested that a short, illustrative list of common impacts (noise, parking, trash, inability to reach the owner for quick resolution) could help future interpreters of the law; another warned that an overly specific list could constrain future enforcement.
Board members discussed specific drafting items the planning board recommended. A change was proposed to allow an exception to parking restrictions for motor vehicles belonging to house‑sitters, dog sitters or other caretakers who are on site but not occupying the dwelling as short‑term renters. The board also discussed including Swimply and similar pool‑rental platforms in the list of presumptions or examples of rental activity; resident George raised concerns about third‑party vendors and occupancy at private pools. Several members of the public spoke: Bill Troy urged the board to accelerate the process; resident Neil Howard warned about septic, well and fire‑safety concerns in properties that are heavily occupied when not served by municipal sewer and water; Chris Healy asked for greater transparency on a separate proposed commercial water district.
At about 21:50 in the meeting record a motion was made to adopt Introductory Local Law No. 13 of 2024 (to become Local Law No. 4 of 2025) with three additions discussed during the meeting: the planning board’s edits, an explicit mention of Swimply (pool‑rental platforms) as an example/presumption, and the nondwelling parking exception for caretakers. The transcript records the motion being made (mover identified as Melissa) but does not record the final vote tally or roll‑call result on adoption in the available transcript.
What the board directed: board members were asked to submit any drafting suggestions to Mary so the town can compile them; the planning board’s comments will be incorporated as discussed and the board explicitly considered but did not finalize how specific the legislative‑purpose examples should be.
Because the transcript does not include a roll‑call or explicit vote result for the adoption motion, this report does not state that the law was enacted — only that a motion to adopt with the three discussed additions was placed on the record.
