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Evanston committee approves some vacation-rental licenses, directs staff to pause new applications while ordinance is updated
Summary
The Planning & Development Committee on July 28 approved and denied several vacation rental license requests, withdrew one application after an ownership clarification, and directed staff to stop processing new applications after existing 60-day notices expire while the city prepares an ordinance change for consideration in August.
At its July 28 meeting, the Evanston Planning & Development Committee approved several vacation-rental licenses, denied others and directed staff to stop accepting or returning additional non-owner-occupied applications after the 60-day notice period expires while the city prepares an ordinance change to be considered at the committee's August 25 meeting.
The move came after roughly an hour of public comment and debate about short-term rentals and their effect on neighborhood housing stock. Melinda Schenck, a resident who identified the property she discussed as 2222 Gray Avenue, told the committee she was "concerned about affordable housings are being purchased and then turned into vacation rentals." Janine Martin, who lives directly south of the same property, asked the council to deny the license…
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