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 & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a SPECIAL USE in a Class R-3 (Single-Family Residential) District, for a SHORT-TERM RENTAL, for the Property Located at 1001 N.E. GLEN OAK AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 18-04-278-018), Peoria, IL. (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and property owner, Gerardo Desarden requests to obtain a special use to use an existing single-family dwelling as a short term rental. The property is owner occupied. The special use would allow for short term rental use while the owner is away. 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 9 guests, with no more than 6 adults. Off-street parking is provided in the two-stall, detached garage. The driveway could accommodate a third vehicle, however, all spaces would not be independently maneuverable.
The property is in the Glen Oak Flanagan Neighborhood Association. The Unified Development Code stipulates no more than 2 special use short term rentals in this neighborhood. 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 1145-2022, met the Findings of Fact and voted 4-1 to approve the request, subject to the site 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 ...
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