“Short term rental owners would first be required to register their properties with the Land Use Planning Commission. Eventually, property owners will have to comply with a set of parking, wastewater disposal and other standards, which state regulators said they plan to address with a second round of rulemaking.

There would be no fee to register using an online platform. Commissioners said during a meeting Wednesday that the registration requirement will allow them to reach short-term rental owners and help them prepare for the upcoming regulations.

The decision comes after regulators spent more than a year collecting feedback from property owners and residents in unorganized territories.”

Source: Maine Public