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Goshen board debates clarity and enforcement provisions in draft short-term rental local law
Summary
Board members praised the town board's move to prohibit most short‑term rentals but asked for clearer penalty and enforcement language on the draft local law, and suggested the planning board be notified before adoption.
GOSHEN — The board reviewed an introductory local law that would ban short‑term rentals in the town and raised questions about how the draft’s enforcement and penalty sections are written.
Speakers said the draft law (referred to as Local Law 13 in the meeting packet) broadly prohibits short‑term rentals but excludes traditional transient accommodations — hotels, motels and registered bed‑and‑breakfasts — which would remain subject to their existing permitting…
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