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Short-term rental rules in Lenox, MA
How Lenox regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- hard annual night cap of 75 days by-right on whole-dwelling STR
- discretionary ZBA special permit needed to reach the 110-day maximum
- owner-occupied host-present only for year-round bedroom rentals
- STR-specific zoning bylaw (Art. 8.4) plus annual town registration
Based on: Lenox Zoning Bylaw Art. 8.4 'Short Term Rental of Residential Properties' (adopted 2019); general-bylaw STR
Summary of the rule
An entire dwelling unit may be rented up to 75 calendar days per year by right; a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals may allow an additional 35 days (max. 110 days per year).
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