Planning Board refines rental and housing bylaws for town meeting
Planning Board · Meeting of September 2, 2026
Yarmouth Planning Board advances short-term rental and housing bylaws toward November town meeting. The board eliminated a 14-day owner-residency requirement from STR regulations and removed minimum parking requirements while emphasizing prohibitions on lawn parking, with Town Planner Kathy Williams noting the residency provision would be impossible to prove or disprove. For accessory dwelling units, the board retained a 350 square foot minimum size and year-round occupancy requirements with 10-month minimum leases despite anticipated friction with state regulatory review.
The board voted 3-0 (with three members abstaining) to approve August 5 meeting minutes and voted 6-0 to approve August 19 meeting minutes.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of September 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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