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Commission keeps Event Venue committee to draft short‑term rental and occupancy‑tax ordinances
Summary
The Commission voted unanimously to assign the Short‑Term Rental and Transient Occupancy Tax ordinances to the same committee that handled the Event Venue ordinance. Clerk Taylor N. Newton said a transient occupancy tax would allow the county to collect taxes currently remitted by rental platforms and direct funds to the general fund and tourism budget.
The Lunenburg County Planning Commission on Jan. 5 voted unanimously to use the same committee that drafted the Event Venue ordinance to prepare a Short‑Term Rental ordinance and a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) ordinance.
Clerk Taylor N. Newton said the county code supports creating both ordinances. She told commissioners that a transient occupancy tax "would allow the locality to collect the taxes that are already being collected by the company/site that is renting the properties, then the funds can then be placed into the general fund and in the tourism budget to promote the businesses." The Commission approved a motion by Commissioner Shell, seconded by Commissioner Pennington, to keep the committee membership the same as the Event Venue committee.
The committee will draft ordinance language for Commission review and eventual referral to the Board of Supervisors. No timetable was set on Jan. 5; the clerk said the committee would report back when draft language is ready.
