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 R4 (Single-Family Residential) District for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL at 1805 N PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification No. 18-03-126-008), Peoria, IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and owner, Jonathan Hopkins requests to obtain a special use to use an existing single family dwelling as a short term rental. The intended use is to rent the whole house for stays ranging from 1 night to 3 to 6 months at a time. Stays for a period less than 30 consecutive days is considered a short term rental and requires special use approval.
The dwelling has two bedrooms. The proposal is to allow up to 5 guests. Off-street parking is not available. On-street parking is allowed. The property is in the Glen Oak Flanagan Neighborhood Association. The 3% cap on special use short term rentals allows 2 in this neighborhood association. If approved, this request would be the second, and the cap in this neighborhood would be met.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case PZ 1185-2022, met the Findings of Fact and voted 6-0 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 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. Only the front portion of the south bedroom may be used for sleeping area according to the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code Section 404.4.2 Access From Bedrooms.
6. Occupancy of the sho...
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