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Yarmouth committee weighs short‑term rental compliance and a request for a second housing inspector
Summary
Health and planning staff described a surge in rental registrations and gaps in short‑term rental registration; Health asked for a second housing inspector funded from rental fees to improve registration, inspections and revenue capture for wastewater and other town programs.
Bruce, speaking for the Health Department, told the committee that housing and rental regulation workload has risen and that the department recently mailed roughly 3,300 housing rental applications as part of registration and inspection work. He said Yarmouth has consistently high numbers of swimming‑pool and lodging permits and that staff compare local records with the state short‑term rental registry to identify unregistered units.
"We just sent out roughly 3,300 rental…
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