The Planning Commission voted 6-0 to approve a short-term rental permit for a single-family house at 1308 North Vista Drive (case 254009) with standard conditions including a maximum occupancy of six people, three bedrooms, installation of a noise monitoring system and a mandatory fire-inspection sign-off.

Staff reported the house, built in 1961 on a roughly 10,000-square-foot lot in the Farview Heights subdivision, has a three-bedroom floor plan and the applicant submitted a parking plan. Staff said the applicant indicated the driveway is wide enough for four cars, and that the proposed short-term rental site met separation and density rules for short-term rentals.

Commissioners raised repeated concerns about driveway width and potential handicap accessibility when guests arrive and leave. Commissioner Nesbitt said the existing driveway and adjacent grading appeared to leave only narrow clearance at the edges and suggested adding paved area or widening the approach to allow safe ingress and egress; staff responded that a two-car-wide approach would typically be about 18 feet and that van-accessible handicap stalls plus access aisles total about 17 feet in width (stall plus aisle).

Applicants Marshall Croce and Wanda Cross told the commission the property had been a long-term rental and that they planned to list the unit on Airbnb. Croce said he preferred to limit cars in the driveway rather than widen the approach and suggested the option of two cars in the driveway and one on the street if needed. A nearby neighbor, Ed Monaco of 1310 Vista Drive, said he had no formal opposition but expressed concern about a constant flow of short-term guests in a single-family neighborhood.

Staff recommended standard conditions: obtain a business license, remit transient guest taxes, maintain Good Neighbor guidelines and evacuation instructions, install noise monitoring, and pass a fire-prevention inspection. Commissioners approved the permit 6-0. The city attorney advised that any broader changes to parking or accessibility rules for short-term rentals would require a separate code amendment by the City Council.