Bar Harbor Council Advances Updated Short-Term Rental Ordinance to Public Hearing

Carrie Jones Oct 28, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Rules for short-term rentals may soon be tweaked in the only Mount Desert Island town that regulates them. Bar Harbor has a cap on short-term vacation rentals that are not the primary residence of the owner. The town categorizes these as VR-2s. VR-1s are short-term rentals that … Continue reading Bar Harbor Council Advances Updated Short-Term Rental Ordinance to Public Hearing

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Bar Harbor Continues To Deal With Short-Term Rental Ordinance Violations

Four new violations reach the Town Council Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Oct 18, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement, Inc. BAR HARBOR—On Tuesday, Bar Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Angela Chamberlain brought four more instances of properties alleged to have been doing short-term rentals without a current license. At the Council’s meeting last month, Chamberlain had brought another alleged violation … Continue reading Bar Harbor Continues To Deal With Short-Term Rental Ordinance Violations

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MOUNT DESERT REJECTS SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.

Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Results SHAUN FARRAR MAY 08, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Approximately 220 people attended Mount Desert’s annual town meeting Tuesday night, May 7, and by a vote of 134 to 72, voters rejected legislation to license short-term rentals, seasonal rentals, and vacation rentals. After almost 70 minutes of public comment and from town representatives, voters decided to call the proposed ordinance to … Continue reading MOUNT DESERT REJECTS SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.

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Mount Desert Likely Hosts 420 Weekly Rentals

Select Board Will Continue Discussion Next Week CARRIE JONES MAR 12, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—A public hearing on a potential short-term rental ordinance in Mount Desert, Monday evening, brought in approximately 75 people in person and on Zoom. Representatives from the Town of Bar Harbor and Town of Sorrento were attending. The board did not make a recommendation for the town’s warrant due to conflicts … Continue reading Mount Desert Likely Hosts 420 Weekly Rentals

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Dog and Pony Hopes To Expand Deck

Tobacco Ordinance and Short Term Rental Changes About To Go Into Effect Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR— Making one table, adding a column, potentially taking another away, noting what needs to be added to an appendix, noticing what doesn’t quite make sense, trying to align state and federal lists of historic places, understanding significance, simplifying language that captures the Design Review Board’s yearly process, and working … Continue reading Dog and Pony Hopes To Expand Deck

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