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Council advances short-term rental drafting, continues housing-partnership zoning and refers request to restore eight liquor licenses
Summary
Easthampton’s ordinance committee finalized draft language for short-term rental regulations and sent it to the city solicitor; the joint public hearing on housing-partnership zoning recommendations was continued to April 21. The council also voted to send the mayor’s request to restore eight expired liquor licenses to the Rules & Government Relations Committee; one councilor declared an abstention on related matters due to a potential conflict of interest.
The Easthampton City Council on March 4 heard committee updates on zoning and ordinances and took procedural steps on several agenda items.
Ordinance committee chair Kaam Jamro Mcuade said the committee finalized initial language for a general ordinance on short-term rentals and voted unanimously to forward the draft to the city solicitor for review. A public hearing on zoning and related general-ordinance amendments tied to short-term rentals is scheduled for March 18 at 6:15 p.m., contingent on the solicitor’s comments and the committee’s next actions.
Separately, the council voted to continue the public hearing on the housing partnership zoning recommendations (sections 1–4) until April 21 at 6 p.m.; the council also approved multiple extensions (30–90 days) for related ordinance reviews and rulemaking timelines.
On old business, councilors clarified that the mayor’s request concerns eight liquor licenses previously issued to the city that have since expired; the legislation the mayor seeks would ask Representative Gomez to request those expired licenses be restored to the city, not to create new licenses. The council voted to refer that mayoral request to the Rules & Government Relations Committee; one councilor announced an abstention on matters tied to the licenses because of a potential conflict of interest.
What’s next: The ordinance committee will work with the city solicitor on short-term rental language ahead of the March 18 public hearing; the Rules Committee will take up the mayoral liquor-license request.
