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Commission backs code change to prohibit motel stays longer than 30 days
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a text amendment to village code that would bar motel or hotel rooms from being used as permanent residences by limiting stays to 30 days, with documented exceptions for corporate contracts or disaster housing.
The Machesney Park Planning and Zoning Commission voted to forward a text amendment to prohibit long‑term residential use of motel and hotel rooms, limiting individual stays to 30 days except in specified cases.
Planning staff said the village has two motels and that staff is concerned one location has guests residing there long term. Staff explained that motel rooms used beyond 30 days are not subject to hotel‑motel tax collection and that motel rooms are not built or zoned for…
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