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Milford committee advances short-term rental licensing after heated public comment
Summary
After hours of public comment from residents and hosts, the Board's ordinance committee approved a domestic short-term rental licensing framework with data-privacy and ADU carve-outs; the committee vote was 9-6 and the ordinance will go to the full Board of Aldermen.
A committee of the Milford Board of Aldermen voted to advance an ordinance to license and regulate short-term residential rentals, following more than two hours of public comment that split residents and property owners.
The ordinance as amended would require annual registration and a $50 processing fee, set basic health-and-safety and occupancy expectations, and create a citation-and-hearing procedure for enforcement. Committee members removed a proposed requirement for hosts to collect personal identifying information from renters and amended the text to exempt accessory dwelling units (ADUs) from the measure. The committee recorded a roll-call vote of 9 yes, 6 no to move the ordinance forward to the full Board.
Why it matters: Board members said the ordinance is intended to give the city a clear, uniform way to…
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