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Council advances Centertown short-term rental overlay on first reading with amendment to first-floor language
Summary
The council voted on Aug. 4 to amend the zoning ordinance to allow short-term rentals in the Centertown overlay by special land use; council added a clarifying amendment to require the 'usable area of the first floor' facing Seventh and Washington avenues be retail/commercial. The measure will return for a second reading.
The Grand Haven City Council on Aug. 4 advanced an amendment to the city's zoning ordinance to allow short-term rentals by special land use in the Centertown overlay of the Neighborhood Mixed Use district. The proposal affects 23 parcels in the overlay and would require individual special-land-use approvals rather than allowing short-term rentals by right.
Planning staff described the background: in March an applicant asked to allow short-term rentals by right; the planning commission and the Downtown Development Authority discussed the change and recommended allowing short-term rentals only by special land use with standards. A planning commission subcommittee drafted…
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