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-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL for Property Located at 1522 EAST PARIS AVE (Parcel Identification No. 14-27-404-033), Peoria, IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and property owner, Carissa Duran, requests 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. Off-street parking is available on the paved driveway. The property is not in a defined neighborhood association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 3% or 8 special use short term rentals within a 0.25 mile radius of the subject property. If approved, this would be the first special use Short Term Rental in this radius.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 627-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 7-0 to approve 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.
5. Occupancy of the short term rental shall not exceed the standards set forth in the Building and Fire Code of six (6) total persons.
6. The owner shall obtain and maintain a valid Short Term Rental license fro...
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