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 1514 W. COLUMBIA TERRACE (Parcel Identification No. 18-05-326-002), Peoria, IL (Council District 2).
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner and property owner, Daniel Armich requests to obtain a special use to use an existing converted duplex as a short term rental. The request is to use one or both of the units as a short term rental. The property has four off-street parking spaces.
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-4 (Single Family Residential) District, that is not occupied by the property owner, must receive special use approval in addition to the following registration/licensing requirements:
1. The owner shall comply with the residential property registration code of the City of Peoria.
2. The owner shall obtain and maintain a valid Hotel Motel 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 Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case PZ 379-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 7-0 to approve the request subject to the parking plan and the following waiver and conditions:
1. Waiver to allow two off-street parking spaces in the side yard with less than a 4 foot setback from the side yard lot line.
2. Driveway surface must be repaired and maintained as an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface.
3. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 906
4. Interconnected smoke detectors shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code C...
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