Title
Ordinance to Amend and Re-Enact the Zoning Ordinance of The City of Hampton, Virginia by Amending Chapter 9, Entitled “Overlay Districts” to Add Article VIII, Entitled “O-STR - Short-term Rental Overlay” to Add a New Overlay District Which Regulates the Density and Separation of Short-term Rentals
Purpose
Background Statement:
The proposed amendment establishes a new zoning overlay district which will regulate the density and separation of short-term rentals operating within the City. The overlay standards describe general rules for how the separation and density requirements apply to different types of short-term rentals. The overlay also creates 51 separate subdistricts each with a maximum number of possible short-term rentals permitted.
In December 2022, the City adopted a zoning ordinance amendment which required all short-term rentals to obtain a Use Permit in order to operate within the City, except that those forty-five which had already received a business license with zoning approval were given two years to obtain the Use Permit. This amendment would establish a zoning overlay district which applies to all short-term rentals, regardless of how they are approved.
This item is being brought forward in conjunction with Zoning Ordinance Amendments No. 24-0173, No. 24-0174, No. 24-0175, and No. 24-0177 which will together establish new restrictions on how and where short-term rentals can operate within the City, and will clarify other similar uses.
In preparing these amendments, staff worked with a group of stakeholders representing various neighborhoods within the City, short-term rental operators, realtors, a bed and breakfast operator, and others. In crafting the proposal, staff sought to balance protection of neighborhoods and community cohesion with the economic, tourism, and recreational benefits short-term rentals can provide the City. Staff has presented these proposed amendments to the group of stakeholders, as well as numerous intereste...
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