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Falmouth board pauses short-term rental bylaw after wide public debate; registration enforcement highlighted
Summary
Select Board indefinitely postponed a proposed short-term rental bylaw to allow more public input; staff and residents urged improving registration and enforcement capacity, and residents debated housing impacts, tax revenue and timing for implementation.
The Falmouth Select Board on Oct. 21 decided to indefinitely postpone consideration of a proposed short-term rental bylaw (Article 32), after a lengthy public discussion and sharply divergent public comments.
The working group that drafted the bylaw told the board the goal is management and registration, not prohibition, and recommended using registration and targeted measures to address problem properties. "We need data to get our arms around this," said a member of the working group, urging better inventory of…
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