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-1 (Single-Family Residential) District for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL for the Property Located at 3119 NORTH KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 14-28-377-071) and Including, for Access only, the Property Located at 3207 NORTH KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 14-28-377-070 and 14-28-377-048) in a Class R-1 (Single-Family Residential) District and a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, Peoria IL. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The applicants and property owners, Dimitar Atanasov and Keila Sierra request to obtain a special use to use an existing single-family dwelling, with four bedrooms, 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 property is in the North Florence Neighborhood Association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 3% or 14 special use short term rentals in this neighborhood association. If approved, this would be the third special use Short Term Rental in this neighborhood association. The applicant also owns the property to the north which is approved for a special use short term rental. The property at 3114 N Linnhill Ct is also approved for a special use short term rental.
Applicant's proposal: Short term rental of up to 10 guests, with a waiver from the occupancy standard to increase the number of adults from 6 to 8 (total number of guests remains 10). Off-street parking is available in the 2-stall detached garage and paved driveway.
Staff's recommendation: Approve the short term rental without a waiver from the occupancy standard. When regulations for Short Term Rentals were originally formed, Council limited the nu...
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