Pacific Planning & Zoning tables short-term rental request at Cedar Subdivision after neighbors object

The Planning & Zoning Commission in Pacific, Missouri, voted 6–1 to table consideration of a conditional use permit for a short-term rental at 60 Cedar Brook Drive after residents voiced opposition and staff recommended denial.

At a public hearing, several Cedar Subdivision neighbors said short-term rentals would undermine the neighborhood’s character and could produce noise, parties and parking problems. "I'm generally opposed to this request for a CUP," said resident Henry Hahn, who said he has lived in Pacific since 1978 and raised concern about frequent turnover and weekend-party rentals. Bill Hammitt, another nearby homeowner, described prior incidents at other short-term rentals and said he was “totally opposed.”

Planning staff described the property as a single-family house in an R-1A zoning…