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Fox River Grove board asks staff to draft ordinance to bar single-room short-term rentals
Summary
Trustees directed staff to prepare an ordinance clarifying short-term rental rules, with a majority supporting language that would prohibit short-term single-room rentals while leaving whole-house rules for potential future consideration.
The Fox River Grove Village Board on Jan. 17 directed staff to draft an ordinance clarifying the village’s approach to short-term rentals, with trustees expressing support for language that would prohibit short-term single-room rentals.
Administrator Soderholm told the board staff had reviewed options ranging from keeping the current approach to a full ban. The options presented were: continue the current approach; clarify language to prohibit short-term single-room rentals (Option 2a); expand 2a to add regulations for whole-house short-term rentals (Option 2b); or prohibit all short-term rentals (Option 3). "Staff reviewed the Village's options pertaining short-term rental regulations per previous Board direction," Soderholm said.
President Marc McLaughlin said he favored either maintaining the current approach or adopting Option 2a. Trustee Patrick Wall and Trustees Andrew Migdal and Jennifer Curtiss likewise indicated support for Option 2a; Trustee Melissa Schladt said she favored 2a now but thought whole-house regulations might be needed if local conditions change. The board’s general consensus was for staff to prepare an ordinance updating short-term rental rules incorporating the language that would prohibit single-room rentals.
The board’s direction does not adopt a final ordinance; it asks staff to draft specific regulatory language for future consideration and potential formal adoption. The draft ordinance will return to the board for review and any formal vote at a subsequent meeting.
