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Fredericksburg ZBA approves special exception for short‑term rental at 209 North Elk with 10‑person cap
Summary
The Fredericksburg Zoning Board of Adjustment on a 4‑of‑5 vote approved a special exception to allow an unoccupied short‑term rental at 209 North Elk Street, setting the property’s maximum occupancy at 10. Staff noted 11 nearby STRs and raised packet inconsistencies the board asked staff to correct.
The Fredericksburg Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a special exception to allow an unoccupied short‑term rental at 209 North Elk Street, setting the property’s maximum occupancy at 10. The board voted to grant the exception after staff outlined neighborhood STR counts and site specifics and after the applicant described her 23‑year residency and plans to sell the home.
The decision matters because staff documented a large concentration of short‑term rentals in the immediate 200‑foot notification radius and provided an occupancy analysis for the applicant’s five‑bedroom house. Staff said the lot is about 10,890 square feet, the dwelling roughly 3,417 square feet, and that the site appears to accommodate about six on‑site parking spaces including two in the garage. The…
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