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Planning commission recommends tighter short‑term rental rules, leaves sewer moratorium to county
Summary
Marion County Planning Commission voted 8–2 on Jan. 26 to recommend amendments to Article 19 that raise general occupancy caps, impose parking and surfacing requirements, and add a Lake Lot District cap; commissioners deferred any moratorium tied to sewer capacity to the county commission.
The Marion County Planning Commission on Jan. 26 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt revisions to Article 19, the county’s short‑term rental regulations, after a public hearing and debate about local sewer capacity. The recommendation passed by voice vote, recorded as 8–2.
Staff summarized two principal edits carried forward from the Dec. 4 draft: raising the maximum number of transient guests in a short‑term rental from 8 to 12 in most of the county, while imposing a stricter Lake Lot District cap of 6 persons; and adding subsection (p), which requires a minimum of two off‑street parking spaces for each short‑term rental and an additional parking space for each additional guest room. The draft also…
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