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With vote near, vacation rental supporters make their case
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Homes sit stacked along the shoreline of Lake Lanier on Monday, March 19, the same day opponents of a new suite of regulations on vacation rentals was again discussed by the Hall County Board of Commissioners. On Thursday, March 22, the commission will take its final vote on new rules for rentals, which have seen their fair share of complaints from neighbors in close quarters with one another around the lake.
Defenders of vacation rental homes around Lake Lanier argued on Monday that Hall County needs better enforcement of its rules and not new regulations. Since the end of 2017, the Hall County Board of Commissioners has made its way toward new, restrictive rules for vacation rental homes amid complaints of alcohol-fueled parties, cars choking small lakeside streets and garbage in neighborhoods.