Edgartown selectmen rejected a second application this week by Ron Minkin to conduct tours in the off-season, arguing the town is still too congested even in the shoulder months.

Mr. Minkin, who is president of Martha’s Vineyard Transport, requested a license to sell tickets for his 14-passenger vans through the downtown streets of Edgartown except in July and August. He wants to solicit passengers on Church street. His company is a charter business, not a tour bus company, and he needs approval from the selectmen to conduct ticketed tours.

A group of residents turned out to oppose the application at a public hearing during the selectmen’s weekly meeting Monday.

“The streets are just too small,” South Water street resident Paul Ronan said. “Just seeing any taxi try to make a turn is a nightmare . . . eventually the vans are going to stop, the drivers are going to start talking and the next thing you know he’s not driving the van anymore.”

Summer street resident Courtney Brady asked the selectmen to consider the year-round residents.

“You said Martha’s Vineyard is about tourism but it’s also about the people who live here — for those of us who live on these narrow streets it would be a problem,” she said. “A 14-passenger van is not small. I’ve seen them going over curbs . . . I don’t think it’s necessary.”

The selectmen turned down a similar request from Mr. Minkin when he applied for a license to operate during the summer months. His application was denied in January. He appealed to the state Department of Public Utilities, the state licensing agency, and the state upheld the town’s decision.

The DPU ruled Mr. Minkin may use Beach Road, Upper Main street to the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road and Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.

This week he argued there has been no traffic increase in recent years and his tours would benefit the town.

“I’ve done tours for 14 years, I drive slowly and say, look at these beautiful homes, gardens, I’m going 15 miles per hour, making sure nobody gets hit,” he said. “I’ve never had an accident in town. I know you’re totally wrong.”

Edgartown police chief Antone Bettencourt said safety remains his biggest concern.

“I think we’re still too congested in the off-season and I wouldn’t support this application,” he said. “I don’t see a sudden drop in congestion and I don’t see any reason to support the application.”

Board chairman Arthur Smadbeck agreed with Mr. Bettencourt’s assessment. The vote to reject the application was unanimous.

In other business, selectmen set a special town meeting for Oct. 25. Town administrator Pamela Dolby said warrant articles are still being finalized, but possible articles include installing cell phone antennas in the Katama Farm silos and on Chappaquiddick, the town’s solar project at Katama Farm, and various spending articles. The fate of the dilapidated Capt. Warren House may also be on the warrant.

Selectmen will hold public hearings on the cell tower projects on Oct. 3 and Oct. 11. A shellfish committee public hearing will be held on Sept. 20 to set dates for the scallop season.