WOODSTOCK VILLAGE — Woodstock Village will enforce a new short-term rental ordinance that was upheld by voters during a Special Town Meeting last week.

The Village Board of Trustees and the Woodstock Selectboard approved identical short-term rental ordinances May 2 that included a cap on the number of short-term rentals allowed to operate in town, among other standards.

Following the vote, residents started petitions for Special Town Meetings to repeal the new ordinances, which put them on pause.

On July 30, voters repealed the ordinance in town, but voted to uphold it in the village.

“As the intent was to have both the town and the village follow a unified ordinance, this split vote has caused some confusion,” municipal manager Eric Duffy wrote in a news release Monday.

After consulting with legal counsel after the vote, the ordinance is now in effect in Woodstock Village. The trustees will meet in the future to vote to edit out language in the ordinance “that do not apply to the Village,” Duffy wrote in the release.

Part of the ordinance established a cap that limited the number of owner-occupied short-term rentals and non-owner occupied short-term rentals to 55 each, with cap exemptions for those who could prove they qualified as a “pre-existing multiple unit operator” before Sept. 1, 2023, or those who could prove they qualified as a “preexisting rural operator” prior to July 31, 2024.

“Currently (the cap) is in place,” Duffy wrote in an email. “It will be up to the Trustees if they want to revisit that and make changes.”

The town will continue to operate under its current short-term rental zoning regulations.

Liz Sauchelli can be reached  at esauchelli@vnews.com or 603-727-3221.