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 1030 N. ELMWOOD AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 18-05-328-021), Peoria, IL (Council District 2).
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner and property owner, John Wolter of Good Stay Properties, LLC requests to obtain a special use to use an existing single family dwelling as a short term rental. The property owner intends to use the property for short term rental when it is not rented on a month-to-month basis. The property has three off-street parking spaces. Parking on Elmwood is by permit only. The property owner would not provide parking permits to the occupants of the 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. 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 number PZ 405-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 5-2 to approve the request subject to the parking plan and the following conditions:
1. Occupancy is limited to no more than five bedrooms and ten overnight guests.
2. The dwelling shall comply with the 2018 IRC Section R310 Emergency Escape and Rescue Openings.
3. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to...
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