City of Laconia home rentals

fatlazyless · 01-26-2020, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Top-Water

It a 3 part conspiracy, promoted by the politicians and kept secret from us called a little to much booze in your system before gong to bed at night, old age, and not knowing how to adjust the text size on your browser when your eyes are tired.

Ok ...... so, with your 'puter skills, can you do us all a favor and show an easier to read copy of SB-458 ........ thanks.

Susie Cougar · 01-26-2020, 09:09 AM

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garysanfran · 01-26-2020, 09:15 AM

An area for vacations...Oldest resort town in America is here.

Envision no short term rentals.... Tourists can only stay at hotels/motels. That'll turn some current visitors off because they like renting a home, not a room...So a great percentage of them will be gone.

Bayside Rentals, Preferred Properties, C-21...All will go out of business and all their employees will be fired...How many of them will no longer get a pizza from Envio's?

King of Clean works with many landlord home renters...Bye, bye to the King?

How may short termers ride The Mount Washington? Or are the passengers just locals? Doris E? Sophie C?

Maybe the hotel stayers will keep Monkey Truck line in business? Is there enough (will there be enough) of them?

The group of 11 adults and 11 kids can just go to The Cape. Who needs 'em?...That group must eat a lot...Hannafords, other grocers, restaurants may feel it is better for those 22 folks to shop here and not in Hyannis?

As current owners sell their properties because they can no longer do with their property what they need to do to pay exorbitant taxes, values will decline and taxes will climb further to offset loss of revenue.

On the positive side...Having a lot...LOTS...less people, to me, has value!

I am a firm believer in trying to understand "unintended consequences" before implementing major changes that on the surface may be appealing.

garysanfran · 01-26-2020, 11:12 AM

SO the owner wants to rent his property, short term, to help pay Laconia's stupidly high tax rate. But City leaders are succumbing to the noise complainer(s?)...

So here's one solution...Take $250 more away from the owner...Problems all solved...From The Sun...

[URL="Another change to the ordinance would set the cost of a short-term rental permit at $250. A permit would be valid for two years."]

I propose...Take it a step further ...if $250 accomplishes SOMETHING(?), Why not get twice as much SOMETHING and charge $500? Has to be twice as good as the measly $250...But wait, think of what could be done to silence unwanted noise, or something, if Laconia got $1,000?

fatlazyless · 01-26-2020, 11:48 AM

So, if 'SB-458: Relative to municipal regulation of vacation or short-term rentals', becomes a state law, then it will override any town/city ordinance.

Believe that's the way it works, a state law will generally supersede a local town/city ordinance.

tis · 01-26-2020, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by garysanfran

SO the owner wants to rent his property, short term, to help pay Laconia's stupidly high tax rate. But City leaders are succumbing to the noise complainer(s?)...

So here's one solution...Take $250 more away from the owner...Problems all solved...From The Sun...

[URL="Another change to the ordinance would set the cost of a short-term rental permit at $250. A permit would be valid for two years."]

I propose...Take it a step further ...if $250 accomplishes SOMETHING(?), Why not get twice as much SOMETHING and charge $500? Has to be twice as good as the measly $250...But wait, think of what could be done to silence unwanted noise, or something, if Laconia got $1,000?

I had the same thought. How in the heck does charging a fee quiet people down?

garysanfran · 01-26-2020, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

I had the same thought. How in the heck does charging a fee quiet people down?

Enough to a politician, a lot of things can remain quiet!

greeleyhill · 02-06-2020, 08:39 PM

Has anyone been through the application process with the town yet? Just wondering how challenging/easy it might be.

Red apple · 02-10-2020, 03:55 PM

I have not saw one yet but could be interesting due to building codes. As a lot of people rent out odd spaces like attics, basements, extra area's of the home and I'm sure these area's do not meet the newest building codes for egress and other codes. By right if the City is going to permit them they need to cover themselves from law suits and need to be sure. Case and point I went for a small room change and had to make the windows larger for a second egress. The old room was fine but because the City was in the house for the permit in that room I had to make the changes.

Wifi-1 · 01-26-2020, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Top-Water

I wish you would stop thinking so small. Go for more silence.

Nice one, LOL

01-26-2020, 09:15 AM	#3
garysanfran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco/Meredith Posts: 1,570 Thanks: 663 Thanked 679 Times in 347 Posts	This is a tourist destination... An area for vacations...Oldest resort town in America is here. Envision no short term rentals.... Tourists can only stay at hotels/motels. That'll turn some current visitors off because they like renting a home, not a room...So a great percentage of them will be gone. Bayside Rentals, Preferred Properties, C-21...All will go out of business and all their employees will be fired...How many of them will no longer get a pizza from Envio's? King of Clean works with many landlord home renters...Bye, bye to the King? How may short termers ride The Mount Washington? Or are the passengers just locals? Doris E? Sophie C? Maybe the hotel stayers will keep Monkey Truck line in business? Is there enough (will there be enough) of them? The group of 11 adults and 11 kids can just go to The Cape. Who needs 'em?...That group must eat a lot...Hannafords, other grocers, restaurants may feel it is better for those 22 folks to shop here and not in Hyannis? As current owners sell their properties because they can no longer do with their property what they need to do to pay exorbitant taxes, values will decline and taxes will climb further to offset loss of revenue. On the positive side...Having a lot...LOTS...less people, to me, has value! I am a firm believer in trying to understand "unintended consequences" before implementing major changes that on the surface may be appealing. __________________ Gary ~~~~_/) ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

01-26-2020, 11:12 AM	#4
garysanfran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco/Meredith Posts: 1,570 Thanks: 663 Thanked 679 Times in 347 Posts	How does this help the problem??? SO the owner wants to rent his property, short term, to help pay Laconia's stupidly high tax rate. But City leaders are succumbing to the noise complainer(s?)... So here's one solution...Take $250 more away from the owner...Problems all solved...From The Sun... [URL="Another change to the ordinance would set the cost of a short-term rental permit at $250. A permit would be valid for two years."] I propose...Take it a step further ...if $250 accomplishes SOMETHING(?), Why not get twice as much SOMETHING and charge $500? Has to be twice as good as the measly $250...But wait, think of what could be done to silence unwanted noise, or something, if Laconia got $1,000? __________________ Gary ~~~~_/) ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

01-26-2020, 11:48 AM	#5
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,752 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	So, if 'SB-458: Relative to municipal regulation of vacation or short-term rentals', becomes a state law, then it will override any town/city ordinance. Believe that's the way it works, a state law will generally supersede a local town/city ordinance. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

02-06-2020, 08:39 PM	#8
greeleyhill Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 94 Thanks: 57 Thanked 22 Times in 11 Posts	Same Topic - new direction Has anyone been through the application process with the town yet? Just wondering how challenging/easy it might be.

01-26-2020, 09:09 AM	#2
Susie Cougar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Parrish, Florida Posts: 606 Thanks: 284 Thanked 225 Times in 160 Posts	Hey Joey, I just read in today’s paper that Marco Island is paying residents $250 to let owls 🦉 burrow in their yards. Here’s a way for you to make some extra cash too!

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02-10-2020, 03:55 PM	#9
Red apple Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 109 Thanks: 65 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	I have not saw one yet but could be interesting due to building codes. As a lot of people rent out odd spaces like attics, basements, extra area's of the home and I'm sure these area's do not meet the newest building codes for egress and other codes. By right if the City is going to permit them they need to cover themselves from law suits and need to be sure. Case and point I went for a small room change and had to make the windows larger for a second egress. The old room was fine but because the City was in the house for the permit in that room I had to make the changes.