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Wauconda board approves short-term rental business license with 30-mile residency rule after public pushback
Summary
The Wauconda Village Board approved a business-license program for short-term rentals that includes a $200 annual fee, $135 application fee (waived for already registered rentals), and a requirement that an owner or manager be located within 30 miles during rentals. A resident at public comment called the residency rule arbitrary and alleged retaliatory enforcement.
The Wauconda Village Board on June 3 approved an ordinance establishing a business-license program for short-term rentals and other rental regulations after hearing public concerns about the rules and enforcement.
Administrator Mary Matson presented the ordinance, saying the program would require a business license, a $200 annual fee and a $135 application fee (the application fee would be waived for properties already registered as rental properties). Matson said the ordinance would require the applicant to be the property owner, require HOA approval where applicable, require liability…
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