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-4 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL, for the Property Located at 3226 N. CALIFORNIA AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 14-28-476-005), Peoria, IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and property owners Steven Ringenberg and Matthew McCormick 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 two bedrooms. The proposal is to allow up to 4 guests. Off-street parking is provided in the driveway. On-street parking is available on N California Avenue. The property is not in a defined neighborhood association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 16 special use short term rentals within a 0.25 mile radius of the property. If approved, this would be the first special use Short Term Rental in this area.
The Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case number PZ 700-2021, met the Findings of Fact and voted 6-0 to approve the request subject to the parking plan and the following conditions:
1. The driveway shall be replaced with an all-weather, dustless surface such as asphalt or concrete. Any work in the right-of-way requires a permit from the Public Works Department.
2. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 906.
3. Interconnected smoke alarms shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 907.
4. Carbon monoxide detector shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 915.
5. Additional dwelling uni...
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