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Select Board debates short-term rental rules, keeps fire-safety standards and defers local building-code enforcement
Summary
The board debated how a short-term rental ordinance should intersect with state building codes, agreed to retain fire-safety requirements (smoke detectors, egress) and consider biannual inspections with self-certification in off years, but deferred local building-code enforcement until authority is adopted after town meeting.
The Select Board discussed a draft short-term rental (STR) ordinance and whether it should require local enforcement of the state building code. S4 told the board that for zoning purposes the Supreme Court has classified STRs as residential (single-family) and cautioned against treating them as hotels or motels.
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