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Selling Short: Governmental and Planned Community Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (4 of 4)

Going by the Boards Homeowners’ associations, catching a whiff of the tantalizing fee banquet, are scrambling for a place at the table. In the older covenant communities, many of which started out as religious retreats (like Lutherland), people had been discretely letting their homes to other families, often the same parties year after year; it … Continue reading Selling Short: Governmental and Planned Community Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (4 of 4) →

Selling Short: Governmental and Planned Community Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (3 of 4)

Perhaps the result would have been different if he had continued with the appeal. But since the landowner’s seat was empty, the nuisance complaints prevailed. Our Supreme Court rebukedthe Commonwealth Court for its rulings in Marchenko and Shvekh, wherein it had leaned toward the principle that a use not expressly prohibited by a zoning ordinance … Continue reading Selling Short: Governmental and Planned Community Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (3 of 4) →

Selling Short: Governmental and PlannedCommunity Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (2 of 4)

But, a few years ago, as short-term use became more widespread, zealous zoning officers started sweeping the internet to find out who was operating these tourist rests in residential zones. (Most of them will deny this if you ask in person or on cross-examination, insisting they only act upon complaints received.) And our courts took … Continue reading Selling Short: Governmental and PlannedCommunity Regulation of Short-Term Rentals (2 of 4) →