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 and a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT TERM RENTAL for the Property Located at 3207 NORTH KNOXVILLE AVENUE (Parcel Identification Nos. 14-28-377-070 and 14-28-377-048), 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 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 four bedrooms. The proposal is to allow up to 8 guests, with no more than 6 adult guests. Off-street parking is available in the 3-stall detached garage and paved driveway.
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 first special use Short Term Rental in this neighborhood association.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 567-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 5-0 to approve the request 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...
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