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Supervisor asks planning staff to review short-term rental rules
Summary
Supervisor Ferguson asked planning and zoning to review Shenandoah County's short-term rental rules, proposing changes including occupancy limits, carbon-monoxide detectors on every floor, local management contacts, inspection consent and restrictions on outdoor burns and ATVs.
Supervisor David Ferguson asked the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 14 to direct planning and zoning staff to review the county’s short-term rental ordinance and supplementary regulations and return with recommendations.
Ferguson presented a list of suggested changes to consider and emphasized that he was asking the department to evaluate — not ordering immediate change. Items he asked staff to review included whether rentals of four bedrooms or fewer should still be allowed by-right, differential treatment for private versus public roads, installation of carbon-monoxide detectors on every floor, maximum-occupancy limits tied to water/sewage type, a required management plan with a local contact reachable within 30 minutes, written consent to inspection with 24-hour notice, a requirement for a landline or equivalent for enhanced 911 service, prohibitions on outdoor burns, discharge of firearms and ATVs by transient guests, a stronger noise ordinance, and marking property lines to protect neighbors.
"Would you take it back to Planning and Zoning and come back and tell us where they fit Shenandoah County?" Ferguson asked. Several supervisors commended the research and supported exploring the options.
What’s next: Planning and zoning was asked to evaluate the listed items and report back to the board on how those provisions might fit within Shenandoah County's existing code and enforcement capacity.
