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Commission approves zoning amendments to regulate short‑term rentals, adds 1,000‑foot spacing rule and special‑exception process
Summary
Planning commissioners approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance creating a dedicated short‑term rental use, adding development standards (including a 1,000‑foot minimum distance between short‑term rentals), a special‑exception pathway to the Zoning Board of Adjustment and a nonconforming clause for existing registered rentals.
The Bedford Planning and Zoning Commission approved May 22 a text amendment to Appendix B of the City’s Zoning Ordinance to create a separate short‑term rental use and to add development standards and procedures for permitting short‑term rentals.
What changed Staff explained the current short‑term rental program was adopted in 2021 as a registration and inspection program in the City Code (outside the zoning ordinance). The amendment moves the short‑term rental definition into the zoning ordinance, adds a short‑term rental row to the zoning land‑use chart, and creates Section 6.16 with development standards. The primary new…
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