I moderated a program on short-term rentals (STRs) on Valley Vision. It was recorded on Feb. 18 and replayed several times that week. There are the horror stories: noise, cars, trash, multiple unrelated occupants in single-family homes, safety and other code violations — even permanent residents selling their house to get away from it.
The current town ordinance is disputed. There is language in the ordinance and precedent at the state that allow vacation homes to be rented short term and defined as a residential use. This has been a long sanding tradition for generation in our community. Its a step in the right direct to educate and regulate, which the town hasn't had the authority to do on residential rentals. Further, vacation homes rented adds value, jobs, and is the #1 driver to our economy. If you are a home owner in Conway and do not want to loose value on your property, or if you concerned that the loss in tourism will reduce jobs, hurt our local business, and worse reduce much needed tax revenues that support our town thus potential increasing our already high real estate tax, you would vote to "formally" add short term rentals to the ordinance and help our town begin to regulate them. Without that, the legal argument that they are already permitted is strong, will take years and lots of money to defend and will leave the town with no authority to regulate. Lets move in the right direction, clean up the ordinance so we can begin to educate owners and help them make our community safer and better.
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The current town ordinance is disputed. There is language in the ordinance and precedent at the state that allow vacation homes to be rented short term and defined as a residential use. This has been a long sanding tradition for generation in our community. Its a step in the right direct to educate and regulate, which the town hasn't had the authority to do on residential rentals. Further, vacation homes rented adds value, jobs, and is the #1 driver to our economy. If you are a home owner in Conway and do not want to loose value on your property, or if you concerned that the loss in tourism will reduce jobs, hurt our local business, and worse reduce much needed tax revenues that support our town thus potential increasing our already high real estate tax, you would vote to "formally" add short term rentals to the ordinance and help our town begin to regulate them. Without that, the legal argument that they are already permitted is strong, will take years and lots of money to defend and will leave the town with no authority to regulate. Lets move in the right direction, clean up the ordinance so we can begin to educate owners and help them make our community safer and better.
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