- Dates
- 2024-02-20 – 2024-03-21
- Kind
- Public forum
- Where
- Township of Peaine
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governanceland-usehousingcommunityinfrastructure
- Within
- Beaver Island · Township of Peaine · Township of Saint James
Summary
Peaine and St. James Townships held short-term-rental listening sessions on February 20, 2024, followed by a joint public forum scheduled for March 21 at Peaine Township Hall and by Zoom. Township organizers reported more than 85 people attending the listening sessions in person and online. They identified guest education, safety, septic, water, occupancy, infrastructure, and enforcement as recurring themes, then presented guides and a health-department septic statement for follow-up discussion.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves township announcements and an organizer-reported attendance and theme summary. It does not preserve minutes, the collected data, a formal policy recommendation, adopted short-term-rental regulation, or implementation results.
Sources
- The township supplied the online access links and session times for the February 20 listening sessions. This corroborates the advertised hybrid format, but does not establish attendance or the substance of public input.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018049
- Township notice invited the public to two February 20 sessions, in person and online, to share information, ideas, and data for understanding potential long-term land use. Follow-up topics preserved Zoom access and changed the morning session to 9:00–10:30.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018047
- The township corrected the morning session time to 9:00–10:30 a.m. while retaining the 6:00–7:30 p.m. evening session and the previously posted Zoom links. It documents a scheduling correction, not attendance or meeting substance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018050
- The township organizers reported more than 85 attendees in person and online and identified recurring themes: guest education, safety, septic, water, occupancy, infrastructure, and enforcement. This is an organizer’s reported count and summary, not independent attendance verification or formal minutes.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018052
- Joint notice scheduled a March 21 follow-up at Peaine Township Hall and by Zoom, with agenda items on ORV/ATV, guest, recycling, and septic guides followed by township-supervisor Q&A. A separate update corrected the date from August to March 21. The archive holds no meeting minutes, adopted regulation, or later implementation record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018059
- The township corrected the follow-up date to March 21 rather than August. It documents a scheduling correction, not meeting attendance, minutes, policy, or implementation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018061
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships hold short-term-rental listening sessions and follow-up forum, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-short-term-rental-listening-and-public-forums-2024/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township, “Short Term Rental Listening Sessions - ZOOM LINKS,” Beaver Island Forum, February 11, 2024. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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