GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. -- A heated debate continues about vacation homes on Grand Island as the town considers new limits for the properties. Residents say rowdy tourists are ruining their quality of life.

Summertime on Grand Island -- riverfront properties, beautiful views, barbecues and picnics -- But residents say there's a dark side to the dog days of summer, menacing tourists are torturing residents.

A visitor's dream vacation is becoming a nightmare for neighbors.

The town says there are about 14 vacation homes on the island but residents say the number is more like 50.

"I want to live a decent life in a beautiful town. Where is the question? How can you even be considering it? Who's more important, those 50 people who are sneaking in under the law?" said Rose Bugman, Grand Island resident.

Living near one of these homes is no walk in the park.

"No resident of Grand Island who has purchased a home should have to wonder who's sleeping next door, fear insults for their children and disallow them from playing outside so someone else can make a buck," said Peg White, Grand Island resident.

The owners of the vacation homes say they're doing the town a favor by increasing business and remodeling and refurbishing a lot of these homes which were run down, removing blight from Grand Island.

"The evolution of the hospitality industry has taken place where this is the way to travel. This is the way to travel because you can't always go down into the hotel for breakfast because they charge $4 for orange juice," said Vince Ciffa, vacation home owner.

The vacation homes causing the controversy are actually already illegal on Grand Island. Supervisor Nate McMurray has proposed legislation that would block any new vacation homes from opening but make the current vacation homes legal.

"It would allow those who are already operating and that were already existing before the law that banned them outright to continue to operate under these strict guidelines and the permitting process," said McMurray.

The board is scheduled to discuss the future of vacation homes again in about two weeks.