ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-E (Estate Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL, for the Property Located at 7725 N. ORCHARD ROAD (Parcel Identification No. 14-10-102-010), Peoria, IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and property owner, Maxwell and Cara Ann Johnson request to obtain a special use to use an existing single-family dwelling as a short term rental. The property owners typically reside at the property every two months for two weeks at a time. The special use would allow for short term rental use while the owners are away. Renting all or part of a dwelling to transient guest(s) for a period less than thirty (30) consecutive days is considered a short term rental.
The dwelling has two bedrooms. The proposal is to allow up to 4 guests. Off-street parking is provided in the one-stall attached garage or paved driveway.
The property is not in a defined neighborhood association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 2 special use short term rentals within a 0.25 mile radius of the property. If approved, this would be the first special use Short Term Rental in this area.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 746-2022, met the Findings of Fact and voted 5-0 to approve the request, subject to the parking plan and the following conditions:
1. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 906.
2. Interconnected smoke alarms shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 907.
3. Carbon monoxide detector shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 915.
4. Additional dwelling units cannot be added to the single family dwelling....
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