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 R3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL for the Property Located at 5435 NORTH LONGWOOD DRIVE (Parcel Identification No. 14-19-227-020), Peoria, IL. (Council District 4)
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BACKGROUND: The applicants and property owners, Nathanial and
Jillian Cover, request to obtain a special use to use an existing single-family dwelling with three bedrooms as a short term rental. The proposal is to allow up to 6 guests. This property is not within a neighborhood association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 3% or 5 special use short term rentals within a 0.25 mile radius of this property.
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. A short term rental, in the R-3 (Single Family Residential) District, that is not occupied by the property owner, must receive special use approval in addition to the following:
1. The owner shall comply with the residential property registration code of the City of Peoria.
2. The owner shall obtain and yearly maintain a valid Short Term Rental license from the City of Peoria and the owner shall pay Hotel or Motel Room Rental Use or Privilege tax to the City of Peoria. The license is revocable.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case PZ 610-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 7-0 to approve the request subject to 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 detectors shall be installed accordin...
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