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STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A judge declined to grant a temporary restraining order Tuesday in lawsuit filed by four Door County property owners challenging the limits the village of Sister Bay placed on rental properties.
Sister Bay’s regulations only allow rental properties to rent or use four bedrooms. The village altered some of its short-term rental rules last year after months of meetings. According to the ordinance, the changes came following claims of incomplete applications, violations, concerns, and complaints from residents.
Four properties owners sued, arguing the ordinance is improper and their sites should have been grandfathered in. They did not challenge the limit of 12-person occupancy.
The plaintiffs asked Judge Jennifer Moeller for an order stopping the village from enforcing the ordinance while the case proceeds, but she did not make a ruling Tuesday, pending additional written briefs.
A motion by the village to have the case dismissed was not addressed Tuesday. The lawyers will submit written arguments on that issue, as well.
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