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Tourism, residents collide when rental homes are in question
Hall commissioners deny man's request for short-term rental of home
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Matt Corentin has renovated a home on Whippoorwill Lane inside and out and wants to rent it by the week for families wanting to be near the lake. Corentin was denied a permit by Hall County to rent the house for 30 days or fewer.
Tourism is often seen as supporting the “quality of life” that residents living on Lake Lanier enjoy. But vacation rental homes have a way of bringing these two things into conflict, and sometimes pit property rights against the wishes of a larger community. Matthew Corentin learned this lesson recently when the Hall County Board of Commissioners denied his request to rent his lake home off Whippoorwill Lane near Dawsonville Highway for 30 days or fewer.