On March 12, 2024, the Planning Board created the Short-Term Rental Working Group to discuss short-term rentals in town, review the current regulations or rules, take input from the community, and to provide decision-makers with options in the future.
Working Group Members
- Charlotte Harris, Planning Board
- Doug Brown, Select Board
- Kara Foley / Erika Capobianco, Lamacchia Realty
- Melinda Tondera, Planning Department
- Sari Budrow, Building Department
- Scott McGann, Health Department
Purpose & Scope
- To investigate how other communities in the Commonwealth, especially Cape Cod towns, are regulating short-term rentals.
- To explore the creation of enforceable standards and requirements for the operation and occupancy of short-term rentals in town.
- To analyze the creation of a formal short-term rental registration process inclusive of a monitoring and enforcement program.
- To determine the most appropriate way to deal with short-term rentals in Falmouth.
- To possibly develop a draft bylaw and/or zoning change for the Select Board and Town Meeting to review and approve.
Meetings
The Working Group will be meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 4:30 PM in the Select Board meeting room. All meetings will be recorded and posted by FCTV.
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