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CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: January 26, 2026
Item No: 26-073
Responsible Dept: Planning
Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: N/A
Title, Ordinance
Amending the Code of the City of Bangor by Changing the Restrictions on Short -Term Rentals in Tiny Home
Parks and Manufactured Home Parks
Summary
In October 2022, the City adopted an ordinance establishing a new use and regulations for tiny home parks. At
that time, the City did not have short-term rental regulations; therefore, short-term rentals were expressly
disallowed in tiny home parks. The City's short-term rental ordinance was adopted in October of 2023. This
ordinance allowed short-term rentals in most places, but the tiny home park ordinance was not amended to
allow this use. However, no such restriction was ever created for manufactured home parks. Therefore, a
disparity now exists between short-term rental regulations for two similar development types. The proposed
changes included in this amendment would update the City's Code of Ordinances to remove the prohibition on
short-term rentals in tiny home parks and to provide a cap on this use in both tiny home parks and
manufactured home parks, provided the parks are under a single owner for all of the homes.
Committee Action
Committee: Planning Board
Action
Staff Comments & Approvals
Meeting Date: February 3, 2026
For:
Against:
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City Manager City Solicitor Finance Director
Introduced for: First Reading and Referral
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CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: January 26, 2026
Assigned to Councilor: Fish
ORDINANCE, Amending the Code of the City of Bangor by Changing the Restrictions on Short -Term Rentals
in Tiny Home Parks and Manufactured Home Parks.
WHEREAS, the City adopted an ordinance in 2022 establishing a new use and regulations for tiny home
parks, including a prohibition on short-term rentals in these parks;
WHEREAS, the City adopted an ordinance on short-term rentals in 2023, but did not amend the tiny home
park ordinance to allow this use;
WHEREAS, at present, short-term rentals are allowed in manufactured home parks, but not in tiny home
parks;
WHEREAS, this amendment would update the City's Code of Ordinances to remove the prohibition on short-
term rentals in tiny home parks and to provide a cap on this use in both tiny home parks and manufactured
home parks;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
The Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows:
Article XX Tiny Home Parks
§165-139 Development requirements.
Tiny home parks and expansions thereof shall conform to the following minimum requirements:
B. Dimensional requirements.
Chapter 254 Short -Term Rental Licenses
§ 254-4 Licensing.
B. Licensing procedure. All administrative power and authority vested in the City Council to grant or deny
a short-term rental license required by this chapter shall be delegated to the reviewing authority.
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(4) Limitations on certain short-term rentals.
mod) Cap on number of short-term rentals in tiny home parks and manufactured home parks.
In tiny home parks and manufactured home parks where all homes are under the same
ownership, the number of short-term rentals in the park shall not exceed 30% of the
total number of homes in the park, or 5 homes, whichever is less.
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