Lincoln Park council refers short-term rental changes to planning commission, adopts DUI ordinance and approves school-funded traffic study

The Lincoln Park City Council on March 24 unanimously referred proposed changes to the city code regulating short-term rentals to the Planning Commission, adopted by reference changes to local DUI enforcement that incorporate state law, and approved a traffic engineering study requested and paid for by Lincoln Park Public Schools.

The council voted to send an ordinance amendment that would define and limit short-term rental uses in single-family residential districts to the Planning Commission for immediate action. The referral was moved and seconded during the council’s action-items portion and passed on a roll call vote with all members present voting yes: Councilpersons Ross, Baer, DuPree, Nichols, Salcedo, Zor and Mayor Tobin.

The referral follows complaints the city has received about short-term rental activity in single-family neighborhoods. The ordinance text read into the record states that short-term rentals are currently prohibited in single-family districts and are principally permitted in multifamily residential districts, and it asks the Planning Commission to draft additional language for section 1270.02 to define permitted uses such…