Kittery short-term rentals must be licensed – or face fines [Portsmouth Herald, N.H.]
Dec. 31 KITTERY, Maine All short-term rentals currently operating in Kittery must be licensed with the town by midnight on Dec. 31, or will face a $250 fine per day.
Per the town’s new ordinance approved this year to regulate and monitor short-term rentals, the number of properties that register by the end of the year will be the starting cap for the number of licenses to be allowed in town. The cap will then increase by 8% each of the next two years.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Town Manager Kendra Amaral said the town has 76 licenses already issued or in process. If the number of licenses remains at 76, for example, an 8% increase would allow for six additional licenses next year.