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 Amending an Existing SPECIAL USE Ordinance No. 17,543 in a Class R-4 (Single-Family Residential) District for Townhomes, to Include a SHORT-TERM RENTAL for the Property Located at 824 W. MOSS AVENUE (Parcel Identification No. 18-08-236-001) Peoria, IL. (Council District 2)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant and owner, Scott Lewis Homes requests to amend a previously approved Special Use for Townhomes to include Short Term Rental use at 824 W Moss Avenue. Stays for a period less than 30 consecutive days is considered a short term rental and requires special use approval.
The existing townhome consists of 4 units, each unit is individually owned as a condominium. The request is to use Unit 1 as a short term rental. Unit 1 has 2 bedrooms. Off-street parking is provided behind the townhome; each unit is assigned two parking spaces. The property is in the Moss Bradley Residential Association. The 3% cap on special use short term rentals allows 17 in this neighborhood association. If approved, this request would be the third special use short term rental.
On May 11, 2023, the Planning & Zoning Commission found that the request, in case PZ 1320-2023, met the Findings of Fact and voted 6-0 to approve the request subject to the following conditions:
1. Additional dwelling units cannot be added to the four-unit townhome.
2. Short term rental use is permitted for Unit 1 only in the four-unit townhome.
3. Occupancy of the short term rental unit shall not exceed four (4) total persons.
4. Fire extinguishers shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 906.
5. Interconnected smoke alarms shall be installed according to the 2018 International Fire Code Chapter 9, Section 907.
6. Carbon monoxide detector shall be install...
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