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Commission tables special-use permit for West Mansion short‑term rental after neighbor privacy concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission tabled consideration of a special-use permit to allow lodging without a full-time on‑site operator at 2112 Westlake Drive (the "West Mansion") after neighbors raised privacy and notice concerns; the applicant agreed to work with neighbors and the matter was postponed to next meeting.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to table action on a special-use permit application for a short-term rental at 2112 Westlake Drive, known in the record as the West Mansion, after neighbors raised concerns about privacy, exterior lighting and the clarity of mailed notices.
Planner Preston Gunn presented the request and said staff had received no written responses from the 28 mailed notices but that a nearby short-term rental exists on Tenth Street. Gunn described the proposal as a typical short-term rental on a larger-than-normal lot, with a maximum occupancy of eight people and a standard quiet time of 10 p.m.; staff recommended conditional approval for a three-year permit term, consistent with prior practice.
Applicant Jared West spoke in support of the permit and described the property as a high-end rental he believes benefits community tourism. "We don't wanna sell the house... it's a beautiful home... We don't want it to be a party house in any which way," West said, adding that he has installed exterior cameras and that he is prepared to withdraw the rental permit if it becomes a nuisance.
Neighbor Ursula Perez, whose property backs up to the West Mansion, said the two-story house’s windows look directly into her backyard and hot tub. She asked for more time to review the special-use permit materials and requested clarified notice language. "This does affect our backyard... and our hot tub," Perez said, asking whether the city could require privacy measures, changes to light fixtures, or other conditions.
After discussion, commissioners agreed to table the item to allow the applicant and neighbors to meet and to give staff time to revise notice language and provide clearer communication about how neighbors can offer input. The applicant offered to work with the neighbor and said he had previously offered to pay half the cost of a fence and agreed to adjust lighting to reduce spillover.
The item will be returned to the commission at the next meeting; staff said they will send clarified and, at the request of commissioners and speakers, additional mailed notices to neighbors and share proposed notice language in advance.
