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Short-term rental rules in Old Orchard Beach, ME
How Old Orchard Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- Residential rental license required before operating, including short-term (<30 consecutive days)
- Short-term rentals broken out as their own license fee category (seasonal and year-round)
- Mandatory life-safety / code-compliance inspection plus Town Council approval before license issues
- Biennial re-registration cycle; re-inspection roughly every four years
- No permit cap, no owner-occupancy or host-present requirement, no residential-zone exclusion — whole-home/absentee STR remains permitted
Based on: Town of Old Orchard Beach Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18 - BUSINESSES (residential rental license); short-term rental
Summary of the rule
License ordinance categories, Rental of Property: 'Seasonal rental units Short term (rental term less than 30 consecutive days, April 1 thru Dec 1) $25 per unit first 10 units, plus $7.50 per unit thereafter' and 'Year Round rental units: Short term (rental term less than 30 consecutive days, Jan 1 thru Dec 31) $25.00 per unit'. Applicant attests: 'I understand license approval is required before conducting business governed by the Old Orchard Beach license ordinance.' Form footer: 'Please see the Town of Old Orchard Beach Ordinance, Chapter 18 - BUSINESSES, for further information.'
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