Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/02/2002

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I I I I i I I I I I i ! I I I I QOJ~ Bed and breakfasts are snmilar in appearance and location to many short.term rentals m residential areas. However, the prnnary distraction m t~e ~tlga~mg presence of ~he o~er/ o~er~to~. ~ Gene~y sm~, o~er-op- erased busmesses p~m~ng the 0n~nmal suppo~ of ~e o~er. Us~Hy She owuer lives on premises. The b~g's p~ usage m for ~ advemise, approp~e ~es, ~d po~ sl~. Bre~ast ~ ~e o~y me~ sewed ~d o~y ~ ove~gh~ ~es~. The ~ ~y hos~ events ~ch ~ wedge, sm~ b~ss mee~mgs, etc. Room n~- bors r~ge from fo~ ~ 20 ~h a sm~,. but incre~mg n~ber up to 30. Reser- vat~ may be made ~ec~[y'~th the proper~y. (Profess~o~ ~soc~m~ion of ~ o~ef-occupled o~ man~er~ccupled ~eslden~ ~c~e p~ no mo~ ~ fo~ ~o~ for ~empora~ lod~g for ~ra~ie~ ~es~ o~ a pang b~m. A' se~ce for ~es~. (Blue Spr~, mg house ~fers from the sho~-~erm or ~ for ~ ~d o~up~ s~ of a bo~g ho~e ~o tend ~ be less ~lent (the ~Mon of w~ depe~ on com~ ~). Definitions: A single-family dwelling whe~ more ~ ~, 'bu~ ,fewer ~ ~o~ ~e p~m~ for lod~ for ~fl- ~te pemo~ of ~es. ~e~ ~y or ~y no~ be p~md~, but ~ere ~ one co--on ~t~en f~. No me~ ~e promd~ outside ~sts, (C~p~, ~,, ~es ~e ~rm ~ es~ab~s~ent ~th lodging fo~ five or more perso~ ~here me~ are re.fly prepared ~d sewed for corn- - pensa~on ~d where Mod is placed upon the table fa~ly style, ~ou~ or orde~g of in~viduaJ po~io~ from a menu. fVe~ce, Commentary' Restricting the use of mngte-fa~y homes to famines can be a problematic way to red. ate short-term rentals, mainly because the term fam- ily [s open to a ~de ~ange of literal and legal mterpretatmns. Even so, a bonal" fa~[y [s ~ot without impacts. suc~ as vocal mfants or ~owdy teena~- DEFINITIONS AAtTI) DISTIi~CTIOi~S ers. The definition of faintly or single- f~<rni!y house ~s not the most WUdely used ar recominended tool for short-term rental regulation. Definitions: One or ~o~ perso~ oc~py- ~ a single dwe~g ~t, as a eagle ~e~pmg ~t, p~d ~c ~ess ~ members ~e ~ted ~y con~ over s~ Dorset, ~clud~ng ~omers, bo~rs ~or ~mes~ic ser- ~. A home for ~ependen~ ~ppo~ perso~el ~ p~s ~om bo~, perso~ ~ ~d ~b~on ser- ~ces ~ a f~y en~e~ ho~e~epmg ~g for ~ mo~ ~ SLX resi~nt el~rly or ~1~ perso~ (men- ~y ~d/or physic~y ~p~red) ~h at M~ one, but mot more ~ ~o resident ~f pe~o~ s~ be co~i~r~ a f~- One or more persons, related by blood, rear--ge, or adoption, occup~g a ~g ~t ~ an m~d~ ho~ekeep- mg org~zation. A f~mny ~y ~clude ~wo, but not more t~ two. perso~ not re.ted by bloo~ manage, or adop~on. (lows C~ty, One or ~wo ~erso~ or parents, ~' their direct lineal descendants and adopted or leggy cared for ~en (~d ~lu~ ~e domestic empMyees ~ereo~ ~gether ~ not more th~ ~o perso~ not so re.ted, ~g together m the w~ole or part of a dwe~g comp~mg a stogie housekeeping ~t. Every ad~tionml ~up of fo~ er fewer pe~ons ~ch housekeepmg ~t s~ be ereda separate fm~y for ~e of t~s code. rS& Pa~, Two or more persons re.ted ~o each other by blood, ~rriage, or leg~ adop- ~on H~ ~gether ~ a smgis ho~e- keep~ ~t; or a group of not more ~ t~ee perso~ who need not be re- .ted by blood, mamage, er leg~ adop- tion, Hang together ~ a eagle he.e- keeping umt and oc~up~ng a single One or more perso~ occup~ng a probe(si and ~v~ ~ a stogie he.e- keeping ~ as ~stin~shed from a ~oup occu~ng a heart.house, lodgt lng ho~e, or hotel ~ hereto defied. Commentamz: Guest cot~ges c~ present a loophole for short-term ~entals single-family residenti~ ~ssricts ~ess certam specificatio~ are mad~mely that ~a~e is only ~lowed for non-Qay- ing ~uests. Definition: Guest house (accessory dwelling u_mt) means a detached or at- tached accessory structure secondary to the principal single-fanMly residen- tial umt designed and most commonly used for irregular residential occu- pancy by fondly members, guests, and persons provicLtug hsad~h care or prop- erty maintenance for the owner. (Man Juan County, Commentary: Hotels/~otels typically have separate entr~.uces and a~ on-site m~m~gement office. Definitions: A buj/dil2g in which lod~g is provided and offered ~o the public for compensation, and which is open to ~ran- eient guests and- m not. a roonung or boarding house as herein de£med. CBoone County, Mo.) A building or group of buildiugs in which lod~.ug is provided to transient guests, offered to the public for compen- sation, and in w~uc~ access to and from each room or unit is ~ough an exte- mcr door. (Ceo//County, Md.) Commentarv: 'Transient" can be used ~o describe a person or a land use. biguous or subjective words--~short," 'long," 'seasonal" 'temporaryT---should be either avoided altogerd~er or clarified with precise umts of tAme--number of hours, days. weeks, or months. W-hen a com.mun~W de£mes a trmnsien~ as a per- son livzug m a dwell/rig unit for 'a short tU~e only," the ~erm 'short" could be tuterpreted in a variety of ways. To al- leviate further confusion, the nature of a person's stay may be clarified, as ~s done in the definition below from Stur- geon Bay, Wisconsm. Definitions: A person who travels from place te place away from his or her per- manent address for vacation, pleasure, recreation, culture, or busmess. geon Bay, Wis..) Any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of. concession, pernut, right of access, cerise or other agreement for a period of ~0 consecutive calendar days or less, counting port~ons of calendam d~ys a~ full days. Any SUCh person so occupy- lng space in a visitor accommodataon oilily shall be deemed to be a bransient unSH the pemod of 50 d~ys has expired un/ess ~here ~s an agreement, in war- hug, between the operator and the occu- pant providing for a longer period of oc- cupancy.. <Afon;srey, 227