HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Use Permit for Guest Lodging to Allow a Vacation Lodging Use in the RL Zoning District at 504 Stanton AvenueCITY OF AMES, IOWA
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
INTHE MATTER OF THE APPLACATION
OF,MPAI, 1.1-C, FOR A SPECIAL. USE
PERMIT, SE( ' TION 29.1503 OFTHE
AMES MUNICIPAL CODE, FOR GUE81'
LOD(.;ING TO Al,[.,O*VN'A VACATION
LODGING USE INTHE RL ZONING
DISTRICTAT504 STANTON AVENUE
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CASE NO. 20-07'
GE OCODE NO. 09-09-251-190
DECISION & ORDER
Planner Eloise Salilstrom presented the application tsar as Special t ) TSC Permit to tile Board.
Applicant N4P%4, LL(71, is the owner of property at 504 Stanton AVOILIC, This strudLffe is a
single-fainily detached horne located In the Residential Low Density (RLJ Zoning District. it is, ICI
two-hedroom dwcIlIng and the Applicant requested that the Zoning Board of AdJustment (ZBA')
grant a Special ['se Permit (SUP) flan- Guest Lodging to allow as Vacation L,odgilng use fo)r both
bedrooms and up to four adLIhs, as guests. At the tinie ofthis application, which wkas received
December 9, 21)19, the were no licensed Vacation Lodging single- or two -fan -illy roperties
within 10,1X1 fect of` (he property.
Planner Salilstrom presentcd the staff'report and findings and noted that the Applicant's request
tbr f6ur adults to use the property IS 110t C011SiStellt With the OCCUpancy reqUircments (if the City
rental code, natnely, section 13,503 which limits the two -bedroom sitructure to no more than
tliree,IdUlt OCCLIpants.
The sta tY presentation noted that the property had a three-year Letter 0fC0MplIanCC issued Undcr
the rental Code (Chapter ]'I) that expires on December 3, 021. "I he application identified three
off-street parking spaces in the driveway Im the StrUCtLire and a detached garage Used for storage.
Staff concluded that the parking area accommodates the t")O re(lUil�Cd 9X 19' parking spaces, (:)I- as
one stacked space in the dri%ewaY with one sj,,)acc III the parking area, while maintaining a
landing area in front ofthe entrance to the proper-ty.
Staff conClUded that the proposed use could operate in a manner compatible with the surrounding
uses and not create as nuisance. I'L11-thertnore., the StaffReport found that the proposed Vacation
Lodging LISQ I11Ct tile requirements and standards to grant at SLJP and recoininci-ided approval.
Staff noted that operation of the Vacation 1,0(lgillg LISC is fiurther SL.ib.jcct to the 1-cquirenlents of
the Ames %lunicipil ('odd, including the ]-�cntal Code and Gucst Lodging Code, Receipt and
anIlLial renewal of Guest Lodging License, IS I-C(ILItred, and operation without an active license is
a violation of0ty ("ode.
Staff iridicated that the 1000 foot separation requircment imposed at the time oflicensure, which
occurs suhseq�uent to the approval of a SUP, will not apply provided that the application f6r
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Guest Lodging licensure is received within 30 days of SUP approval, f"Ixemption froni the
separation requirement will teri-ninate if' the (Juesi: Lodging license for the unit is suspended,
revoked or hip ses. f`urthemiore. exemption firom the separation reClUirement is not transferrable
to any subsequent owner of the property.
Brian Meese, on behalf of the Applicant, indicated his t*Llll agrcen-icnt with the Staff'repm-t arid
findings and madc himself available fbi- questions by the Board. No e\17idence fi-cim neighbors
was received piior to the hearing and none was presented.
The Board considered the Facts as detailed above and provided in the staff'report, and fi.)und that
all ofthe relevant standards in Section 29,1503 were met and established by the Applicant.
ORDER
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERLD that the Applicant is GRANITI), pursuant to SeCtI011
29,1503 of the Ames MUIIICipd C Ode, a Special Use PCIIII]t t'()r GUCSt Lodging to allow a
Vacation Lodging use in the RL Zoning District at 5014 Stanton < ,enue with the followirig
rcquircrnents:
1. '14o off-street paved parking spaces required,
2. N,/laXiIIILITII of two guest bedrooms allovved.
3. Maxinimn of three adult guests allowed.
4One year 0f'diSUSC will render this Special Use Permit expired and void,
5, The Special LJsc PcnnIt is not tnansferrablc to any SUbSeCILICtIt owner ofthc property,
Any person desiring to apped this decision to a COUII of'record may do so within 30 days afier
the filing of this dccisioll.
Done this 22 nd day of'January 2020.
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