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Lorain council discusses making short-term rentals a permitted use, adding BCI background checks
Summary
Council members, staff and residents discussed a proposed amendment to Lorain’s zoning and short-term rental rules that would make short-term rentals an administratively reviewed permitted use and require BCI background checks for applicants; the item was referred to committee for further detail.
Lorain City Council members and residents on Tuesday considered proposed changes to the city’s short-term rental rules that would move short-term rentals from a conditional-use process to an administratively reviewed permitted use and require BCI background checks for applicants.
The proposal, recommended by the Lorain City Planning Commission on Jan. 2, 2025, would amend several sections of the Lorain Codified Ordinances — including the schedules of allowed uses for residential, business, industrial and mixed-use districts and specific provisions related to food, drink, entertainment and hospitality — and amend ordinance 251-23 on short-term rental regulations. “One of the main changes is that we are going to be reviewing the applications administratively,” City Housing Officer Emily Atkinson said, adding the existing conditional-use permit application process can delay openings for operators.
Atkinson said the city would keep the same substantive requirements now listed under the conditional-use…
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