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Zoning Bulletin February 25, 2017 I Volume 11 I Issue 4 <br />portunity to respond to evidence presented against her through the pre-. <br />sentation of rebuttal testimony and through the submission of written <br />questions which could then be asked by the Board; and any such re- <br />striction on cross-examination had been rescinded for the remaining <br />hearings. Moreover, the court found "forty years of precedent" showed <br />that boards are not required to provide the opportunity for cross- <br />examination at every local administrative hearing. <br />The court additionally found that Beal's bias claim failed because <br />she failed to rebut "the presumption that the Board members acted with <br />honesty and integrity." The court found that it was only at "informal <br />negotiations" that one Board member had said the building should be <br />"condemned." Whereas, at the formal hearings, the Board members <br />had stated on the record that they had not prejudged the case, and they <br />spent months hearing and deliberating before rendering their final <br />decision. <br />See also: Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 96 S. Ct. 893, 47L. Ed. <br />2d 18 (1976). <br />See also: Hale v. Petit, 438A.2d 226 (Me. 1981). <br />Case Note: <br />The appellate court also concluded that the Board's decision on Beal's <br />structure was supported by substantial evidence. <br />Zoning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />INDIANA <br />Under a newly proposed bill, cities and towns in Indiana would be <br />prohibited from banning short-term rentals (such as Airbnb rentals). <br />House Bill 1131 "[s]pecifies requirements for local unit of government <br />regulation of short term rental of residential property." The bill would <br />allow regulation of short-term rentals only for certain, specified <br />purposes, including: protection of the public's health and safety related <br />to fire and building safety, sanitation, transportation, traffic control, and <br />pollution control —"if enforcement [of such regulations] does not pro- <br />hibit the use of a property as a short term rental." <br />Source: Indiana General Assembly; https://iga.in.gov <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is reportedly "looking to expand ten- <br />© 2017 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />