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Zoning board debates short-term rentals, self-created hardship standard; staff has no immediate update on city policy
Summary
Board members reviewed the four-factor test for use variances and discussed how short-term rentals interact with R1 zoning, expressing concerns about neighborhood character and enforcement; staff said no citywide update was available at the meeting.
Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals spent a substantive portion of the Jan. 27 meeting discussing short-term rentals and the “self-created hardship” question that arises in use-variance requests, without taking formal action.
Board members reviewed the established four-part test for use variances: the applicant’s inability to realize a reasonable return, uniqueness of the hardship, whether the variance would alter the essential…
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