Bar Harbor voters adopt limits on vacation rentals, approve $3M for school project

Voters in Bar Harbor on Tuesday approved a major proposal to regulate vacation rental housing in town, which many have said has contributed to high local housing and real estate costs that have pushed many young working families out.

Voters also approved raising $3 million to plan, design and seek permitting for a proposed major redesign project at the town’s K-8 school.

By a 1260-840 tally, voters agreed to create two categories of vacation rentals — one for rentals at an owner’s primary residence that would have a minimum 2-night stay, and another for rentals at non-owner occupied residences that would have a minimum 4-night stay.

By the same vote, the town restricted non-owner occupied vacation rentals to zones that currently allow commercial and lodging activities.

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