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Planning commission approves neighborhood petition to restrict short-term rentals on Barracuda Avenue
Summary
The Galveston Planning Commission voted to send a neighborhood-initiated rezoning request (25PDash047) to city council that would change a Barracuda-area block from R-1 to R-0, prohibiting new short-term rentals. An existing short-term rental on the block would become a legally nonconforming use if the council affirms the change.
The Galveston Planning Commission voted to approve a staff-recommended rezoning petition, 25PDash047, that would redesignate a mapped Barracuda Avenue area from Residential Single Family (R-1) to Restricted Residential Single Family (R-0), a district that disallows new short-term rentals.
City planning staff said the petition met the 75% owner-occupancy threshold required to establish an R-0 zone, noting that 82% of the dwellings in the mapped area were owner-occupied. "Short term rentals are not allowed in the R-0 zoning district," Pete, planning staff, told the commission, and he said the existing property at 302 Barracuda operating as an STR would become a legally nonconforming use if the rezoning is approved. Staff recommended approval and said the city council…
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