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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Hello All!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Amesbury passed our Short-Term Rental Zoning Ordinance and Regulations (as a General Ordinance) back in the Fall of 2021. We explored whether it should be a general ordinance vs. zoning and found
(after research and discussion with our attorneys) that it would be better served as a zoning ordinance. Please see attached for responses to the other bullets, but here are the short answers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Both – Zoning Ordinance and General Ordinance for Licensing Process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Yes, we can revoke the permit (see licensing process)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Yes, we can issue fines (see licensing process)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">We do not restrict short term rentals to geographic locations (see Zoning Ordinance)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Yes, we adopted a licensing process
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">I don’t believe I can attached the documents, so here are the final Ordinances adopted by City Council:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="widgetitem" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amesburyma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/828/2021-093-Ordinance-to-Establish-a-Licensing-Process-for-Short-Term-Leases-of-Residential-Units---Certification-of-Vote-PDF" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1A7AB1">2021-093
Ordinance to Establish a Licensing Process for Short Term Leases of Residential Units</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="widgetitem" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.amesburyma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/852/2021-105-Ordinance-to-Establish-Zoning-Ordinance-for-Short-Term-Rentals-of-Residential-Units----Final-Version-PDF" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1A7AB1">2021-105
Ordinance to Establish Zoning Ordinance for Short Term Rentals of Residential Units</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova Rg"">Angie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:08 AM Anne Capra via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">South Hadley is exploring adoption of a short term rental bylaw. We are interested in hearing about the experiences of other towns/cities with bylaw implementation on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">general versus zoning bylaw<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">type of permit or license issued<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">ability to revoke the permit or license for nuisance activity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">For general bylaws, do you restrict short term rentals to specific parts of town?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Did you adopt regulations for administration of the bylaw?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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