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Council denies short‑term rental permit for North Second Street property, citing spacing and parking rules
Summary
Hampton City Council denied a use permit for a short‑term rental at 404 N. Second St., finding the property within 300 feet of an existing STR and lacking the required two on‑site parking spaces; the applicant said she had applied in March 2023 and was not given adequate time to fix driveway issues.
Hampton City Council voted on Sept. 11 to deny use permit application 23‑0222 for a short‑term rental at 404 North Second Street.
Staff explained the property is roughly 1,200 square feet with three bedrooms and currently has one on‑site parking space; the city’s June amendment requires two on‑site parking spaces for STR administrative permitting and a 300‑foot separation from other approved STRs. Because the property does not meet the separation and parking requirements, staff recommended denial and said the application was not eligible for conversion to an administrative zoning permit.
Applicant Antoneek Addison told council her file was submitted March 13, 2023 and she had been in repeated contact with staff over more than a year. Addison said she was not informed in time that driveway paving was required and that she could have fixed it in time to meet the administrative threshold; she also argued it was unfair to apply the 300‑foot spacing rule to an application that predated the final rule. A second public speaker made a similar fairness argument and urged grandfathering of earlier applicants.
City staff and the mayor said the city paused STR approvals while developing new separation and density rules and that all applications were handled in the order received; staff said the pavement issue determined whether a file could be handled administratively, but the 300‑foot separation and density cap required a council decision for applications that did not meet the new criteria.
Councilman Bowman moved to deny the use permit; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Staff noted that if an approved STR later ceases operation, interested parties can submit an interest form to be notified of openings under the city’s STR cap and separation policy.
The decision leaves the applicant ineligible to operate as a licensed STR at the cited address under current rules unless circumstances change (for example, an STR within the 300‑foot radius ceases operation and the applicant reapplies).
