STRs by the numbers

On the eve of the Putnam County Board of Commissioners' Sept. 1 vote on a new short-term rental (STR) ordinance, Commission Clerk Lynn Butterworth compiled a four-part analysis of the 260 existing STR permits. One of Butterworth’s tasks is to administer the STR application process. The accompanying map shows the county’s four commission districts and how many STRs currently lie in each district…