City Watch — Waitsfield
Pending STR legislation and regulatory rating tracking for Waitsfield.
- No municipal STR-specific ordinance, registration, permit, cap, or zoning device in force
- Town zoning bylaw (adopted 1-8-2024) contains no 'short-term rental' or 'tourist home' definition or use category
- Selectboard has only asked the Planning Commission to BEGIN researching a possible future STR registration framework — nothing enacted
- State layer reaches STR stays: VT 9% Rooms Tax + 3% STR surcharge (eff. 8/1/2024) on rentals <30 days
- 'Tourist Home' conditional-use trap does NOT apply — no such use exists in Waitsfield's bylaw; B&B is a separate owner-occupied use, not a whole-home STR device
Based on: Town of Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws, adopted 1-8-2024 — no STR provision; no separate STR ordinance enacted as of
“'A short-term rental is ... a furnished house, condominium, or other dwelling ... rented to the transient, traveling, or vacationing public for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days and for more than 14 days per calendar year.' Operators collect a 3% STR surcharge (eff. rents collected on/after Aug 1, 2024) in addition to the 9% Rooms Tax and any 1% Local Option Tax.”— Town of Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws, adopted 1-8-2024 — no STR provision; no separate STR ordinance enacted as of
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Pending legislation
Monitoring Waitsfield · system last checked Sep 21, 2026
City Watch tracks changes from public sources (council agendas, state bills, local news) as coverage is activated for this market — not a complete legal compendium.
A city permit is not the whole picture — HOA, condominium, deed, or lease rules may be stricter.
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