03/16/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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"Preserving ptiblic 1ru.51 and providing prqfessional services asl pee l`owta Hall 16 Great Neck Read North (508)539-1401 Mashpee, MA 02649 M s n MEMORANDUM Date: 12 MAR 2020, TO: Rodney C. Collins, Town Manager FROM: Glen E. Harrington, : .S., C.H.O., Health Agent RE: Short-Tenn Rental registration Fee Deseriptic n The initial reason for the proposing of a rental property ley-law was to bring the on-line vacation rental. properties into similar compliance with motels that already receive permitting from the Board of 10 Health. The bylaw sets the Board of Health H as the registering, Inspecting and certificate issuing authority to abort-tern. rentals. Per the bylaw, the Selectmen are the authority to set the registration fee. Background The Beard of Health evaluated the fee structure back when a regulation was proposed. We received input from many factions at our public hearings. The results of the input from the public hearings are outlined below. Recommendation JUSTIFICATION & FEE OPTIONS 1. The initial recommended $300.00 fee was lased upon the time that was estimated for registering, inspecting and performing follow-ups to complaints for all housing covered under the bylaw. The complaints from sholl term rentals include over-crowding, noise, parking, traffic, trash and just the introduction of strangers into a neighborhood. The proposed $300 fee will cover up to four units on a property with a$50.! per unit fee for those with more than four rental units on the property. Reported rental revenues from short-terra rentals are about $2,000 to $8,000 per week in Popponesset. In those instances, a$300 annual fee is not burdensome. 2. One suggestion on the fee is that the $300.00 fee could be applied to all properties for the first year only and then the renewal be set at $100.00. Typically more effort is needed internally within the BOH department to register, issue the rental certificate and inspect a"new" facility. Renewals are typically seamless and inspections are shorter in duration because of knowledge of the property. 3. Timeshare rental properties in town voiced a concern regarding the fee if charged on a per room basis. In Searnist's case the fee would be about $4,600.00 per year. I believe it is not the intent to charge a facility that has management on-site with little history of housing issues a fee of that