KNYSNA NEWS - Up until last month, Knysna homeowners have been able to let their homes to temporary visitors as they deemed fit at any time of the year, but this seems to no longer be the case after the municipality announced its interpretation of zoning regulations recently.

The Google definitions of short-term letting are much like the tenants that make use of such accommodation - ever changing, transitory. 

This murkiness dissipated for better or for worse, however, as Knysna Municipality has defined fixed periods for different letting time frames and included a new category in its rental framework for "holiday rentals". 

Homeowners renting more than two rooms to temporary guests for less than a month, for instance, will have to apply for permission to do so. And there's a list of criteria.

Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald, as well as online.

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