Ocean City residents for and against proposed short-term rental restrictions will have an opportunity to cast their ballots later this month.
Tuesday, July 1, marked the last day to register to vote in this month’s special election, which will ask the city’s electorate to vote for or against an ordinance that sets a five-night minimum stay for short-term rentals located in the R-1 residential and MH mobile home districts in 2025 and 2026, and a 31-night minimum stay beginning in 2027.
As the city code defines short-term rentals as 30 days or less, the ordinance would ban limted term vacation rentals in those districts in two years.
Now, as the countdown begins, those on both sides of the debate are making the final push to encourage residents to vote on July 22.
So everyone eligible to vote involving this new law needs to go vote against it July 22nd. OC has no right to make up such ridiculous ordinances.
Screw you 8:00 AM. I’ve owned property and lived in OC for decades. We don’t need your short term renters.