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 and Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL for the Property Located at 3218 N ISABELL AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 14-29-453-008), Peoria, IL. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and property owner, Celeste Polk-Coverdell and Jean Polk, request to obtain a special use to use an existing single-family dwelling as a short term rental. 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 three bedrooms. The proposal is to allow up to 6 guests. Two off-street parking spaces are available on the paved driveway. The property is in the Biltmore Neighborhood Association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 3% or 10 special use short term rentals in this neighborhood association. If approved, this would be the second in the Biltmore Neighborhood Association.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 1222-2023, met the Findings of Fact and voted 5-0 to approve subject to the parking plan and the following conditions:
1. Sidewalk and drive approach along the N. Isabell Avenue frontage shall be ADA compliant.
2. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 906.
3. Interconnected smoke alarms shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 907.
4. Carbon monoxide detector shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 915.
5. Additional dwelling units cannot be added to the single family dwelling.
6. Occupancy of the short term rental shall not exceed the standards set forth in the Building an...
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