Petitioned article would limit STRs in town

Inspections are fine. But, why would an inspection cost $375? Let's say some noble Fire Official spends 2 hours at $50 an hour....and a town clerk spends 1 hour at $50 per hour. (Both of those salary estimates are exorbitant). We are up to $150 total. But the town wants to charge more that twice that inflated amount. The entire inspection-farce is just another money grab.....dressed in nanny-sheep clothing. Another burdensome tax on the citizens.

Stop worrying about inspections. Inspections protect the public. Inspections are only as good as the inspector who performs them.

As a tradesmen, i welcome inspections. Property owners have for far to long hidden dangers from tbe public.

Call your selectmen and your senators and your congressment tell them to pass laqs for the homestead act.

Tell them to pass laws allowing the room tax on all rentals, hotels, houses, trailers, condos, no exceptions.

Tell them to pass laws to allow the highest level of taxes be assessed on out of state property owners, and investment properties.

Tell them to pass laws allowing municipalities to charge a higher rate on commercial properties, and seperate it from residential property taxes.

You want to lower taxes, and have properties be fairly valued and taxed. You want your childeren to be able to live here.

Get active people ! Make those phone calls ! Write and send letters !

I am amazed that people are so upset that their property values have dramatically increased. Isn't this a good problem to have? Would they rather their homes be worth half as much?

That the town did a revaluation and residential taxes went up dramatically is more about our property tax system and how it improperly shares the burden of taxation across different property types. The reval did not increase overall taxation one cent.

The Sun publisher is wrong to back singling out vacation rentals for inspections. If single-family, duplex, and trailer homes (but not condos?) require life-safety inspections because there are known deficiencies (even though I haven't heard of any issues in the past several years), then the provision should follow state law, and it should allow for all homes to be inspected. How about having the inspections occur when a home is sold so existing homeowners aren't inconvenienced? Oh wait, most buyers already hire a professional home inspector. Maybe the town could ask this group to check for life-safety concerns when doing their inspections?

You know, people walking around town could have a hidden health condition. This includes tourists who may come from places with poor healthcare systems. How about the town have random, mandatory checks of people's blood pressure, glucose levels, weight, and maybe a colonoscopy if they visit North Conway? Think how many more lives this would save?

Or we could let adults who buy and own property be responsible for their own safety. What a novel concept.