Published in the November 17, 2015 edition. By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — Bed and Breakfast operations, including Airbnb, are currently illegal in residential districts in Wakefield and, after last night's Town Meeting, there will be no mechanism by which a homeowner can legally run a B&B or Airbnb in any Wakefield residential district. Article 9 on the Town Meeting warrant would have made bed and breakfast operations legal in Single Residence and General Residence districts by Special Permit. But as a zoning measure, a two-thirds majority would have been required for Article 9 to pass. A majority voted in favor of the article, 104-91. But the measure fell short of the 130 votes it needed to prevail. Town Planner Paul Reavis introduced Article 9 by reminding voters that an article to legalize bed and breakfast operations in certain neighborhoods was defeated by Town Meeting in 2012. Reavis argued that Airbnb is a form of B&B, which falls under the legal definition of a hotel.