Title
Ordinance to Amend and Re-Enact the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hampton, Virginia by Amending Chapter 3, Section 3-2 Entitled “Table of Uses Permitted” and Section 3-3 Entitled “Additional Standards on Uses” to Add the Use “Homestay Rental” as Permitted with Approval of a Zoning Administrator Permit if Additional Standards are Met Within the One and Two Family Residential (R-LL, R-43, R-R, R-33, R-22, R-15, R-13, R-11, R-9, R-8, and R-4), the Multifamily (MD-1, MD-2, MD-3, MD-4, and R-M), the Neighborhood Commercial (C-1), the Limited Commercial (C-2), the Langley Flight Approach Limited Residential (LFA-5), the Residential Transition (RT-1), the Buckroe Bayfront Single Family Residential (BB-1), the Buckroe Bayfront Mixed Residential (BB-2), the Buckroe Bayfront Optional Mixed Use (BB-3), the Downtown (DT-1, DT-2, and DT-3), the Phoebus (PH-1, PH-2, and PH-3), and the Fort Monroe Inner Fort (FM-1), the Fort Monroe Historic Village (FM-2), and the Fort Monroe North Gate (FM-3) Zoning Districts
Purpose
Background Statement:
During the recent process to establish regulations related to short-term rentals, City Council identified a need to address homestay rentals separately from short-term rentals. This amendment, in conjunction with Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 24-0276, creates a new definition of “homestay rental” and establishes where and how the use may be permitted.
The proposed definition of “homestay rental” requires that the resident of a single-family dwelling unit live at the home, and allow only one bedroom to be used for transient lodging. The definition provides clarification that a single-family dwelling unit is intended to include detached single-family homes, as well as duplexes which are on separate fee-simple lots, and townhouses where each dwelling unit is on a separate fee-simple lot.
Homestay rentals are proposed to be permitted in the zoning districts which otherwise permit single-family dwellings, duplexes, and townhouses on ...
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