Worcester County Ocean City Update
• On March 3, the City Council voted 4-3 to set a five-night minimum stay for short-term rentals located in the R-1 and MH districts for the 2025 and 2026 rental seasons, and a 31-night minimum stay beginning in 2027. • In March, days after the Ocean City Council passed an ordinance to restrict the length of stay for short-term rentals in the R-1 residential and MH mobile home zoning districts, a group of property owners launched a petition effort to bring the legislation before voters. • On March 10, City Solicitor Heather Stansbury accepted a petition from OCMD Property Rights, kicking off a 40-day countdown to collect signatures from 40% of the number of voters in the most recent election. As 2,476 people voted in the last election, the group had until April 21 to collect 991 valid signatures. • On April 21, the city clerk accepted the 331 pages of signatures that had been collected over the last 40 days. • While no timeline has been set, the Ocean City Board of Supervisors of Elections will now start its review of 1,327 names.
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online