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OC Commission Mulls Ban on Residential Short-Term Rentals

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The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission wants to determine if vacation rentals are legal in single-family and mobile homes.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the commission made the request earlier this month after Ocean City homeowners complained for years about activities of short-term renters.

If they are not then that would allow resort to ban all rentals in such residential areas that are less than four month and one day.

The Daily Times reports that the commission will be holding a hearing tomorrow night on the issue.

But it would take approval of the Town Council.

The paper reports that opponents argue such measure would threaten Ocean City’s short-term rental industry.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.