Title
Rezoning Application by the City of Hampton to Rezone into the Downtown 1 Zone of the Short-Term Rental Overlay (O-STR) District all of the Parcels of Land Bounded as Shown in the Attached Proposed Rezoning Map
Purpose
Background Statement:
This is a comprehensive rezoning proposal by the City of Hampton to map that area identified in the “Site Location” section of the Staff Report into the “Downtown 1” Zone within the Short-Term Rental Overlay (O-STR) District.
In December 2022, the City enacted a requirement for all short-term rentals to obtain a Use Permit prior to operating, 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 rezoning is being brought forward in conjunction with Zoning Ordinance Amendments No. 24-0173, No. 24-0174, No. 24-0175, No. 24-0176, and No. 24-0177 which will together establish new restrictions on how and where short-term rentals within the City can operate, and will clarify other similar uses. The amendments establish density maximums within proposed short-term rental zones, and require a minimum separation between short-term rentals which are within single-family dwellings.
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.
In order to achieve the desired balance, staff proposed creating a new zoning overlay district with fifty-one (51) subdistricts. Each subdistrict, referred to as “STR Zones”, permits a maximum number of short-term rentals within that area to establish a maximum density of short-term rentals. The number is based upon one percent of the current dwellings in the a...
Click here for full text