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Montgomery planning commission finalizes key provisions of short-term rental registry draft
Summary
At a special Oct. 28 meeting, the Montgomery Planning Commission agreed on several enforcement and registration changes to its short-term rental registry draft, including a three-month reapplication waiting period after a fourth offense, tiered fines of $200–$800, and removing parking rules from zoning to avoid conflicts.
The Montgomery Planning Commission met in a special session Oct. 28 at the Public Safety Building to continue work on a proposed short-term rental (STR) registry ordinance and agreed on a set of substantive edits to the draft.
Commissioners replaced references to “overnight” with a single defined term, “guest,” and reorganized enforcement provisions. They decided to move language about automatic revocation and the waiting period after a fourth offense into a standalone section, set the waiting period for reapplying at three months, and require an applicant to show compliance before being allowed to re-register. The commission also adopted a provision suspending registration for owners who do not pay court judgments and agreed to allow issuing municipal officers to issue a warning for a first offense. Penalties were set at $200, $400, $600 and $800 for first through fourth offenses respectively, with waiver amounts equal to one-half of each penalty; operating without a registration would remain $800.
Commissioners discussed whether STRs should remain addressed in the zoning regulations and, if so, whether they should be permitted or conditional uses in specific zones. To avoid conflicting requirements between zoning and the ordinance, the commission decided to remove parking requirements for short-term rentals from the zoning regulations and retain parking rules in the ordinance. Emily KloƯt of the Northwest Regional Planning Commission indicated she will attend short-term rental ordinance training on Nov. 8; Diane Sherman was assigned to update the draft to reflect the commission’s decisions and circulate a revised copy before the next meeting.
