[V.A.1- Rural Tourism Application - MyMy Tang - 5656 Hamilton Rd (APN 0310 000055) 1st Reading - Vote Eligible]
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OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE. IF APPROVED, THEY MUST OBTAIN AN OCCUPATIONAL TAX CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE THE BUSINESS. NO AMPLIFIED SOUNDS OUTSIDE AFTER 10 P.M. ANY PROPOSED DEVIATIONS FROM THE APPROVED SITE PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. NO PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. SIGNAGE MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TROUP COUNTY SIGNED ORDINANCE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SPILLOVERS ONTO THE PROPERTY ONTO OTHER PROPERTIES. THEY SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STAFF SLASH PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS. THE OWNERS AGREE TO USE HIS OR HER BEST EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE USE OF THE USE OF THE PREMISES BY THE BED AND BREAKFAST OCCUPANTS WILL NOT DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. THEY WILL PROVIDE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN OCCUPANT, OWNER AND OCCUPANTS, WHICH OBLIGATE THE OCCUPANT TO ABIDE BY ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND OTHER COUNTY ORDINANCES, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, AND THAT SUCH A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE RULES MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND EVICTION FROM THE PREMISES, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF FINES LEVIED. PROVIDE PROOF OF INSURANCE COVERING BED AND BREAKFAST USE. PROVIDE CERTIFICATE OF LIABILITY INDEMNIFYING TROUP COUNTY AND THAT WILL BE AT THE TIME OF BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE. PROVIDE A SAFE FOOD MANAGER CERTIFICATE. SAME STIPULATION MUST PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION AND ABIDE BY THE ENTIRETY OF ARTICLE SEVEN. SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS ORDINANCE. SECTION 7.5. AGRITOURISM AND RURAL TOURISM USES TIME LIMIT OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE PERMIT WILL EXPIRE WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER NO LONGER OWNS THE PROPERTY OR DISCONTINUES THE USE. A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DOES NOT RESIDE WITH THE PARCEL. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAND. DISTURBING PERMIT BUILDING INSPECTION, FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMITS. IT IS THE FIRST READING AND IT IS VOTE ELIGIBLE. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY GOT QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
HEARING NONE FROM THE BOARD. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION IN THE AUDIENCE TO THIS PLAN? WELL, SEEING NO OPPOSITION. DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE APPLICANT STAND UP AND. ONLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. THEY HAVEN'T SEEMED TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? NO. SEEING NONE. HEARING NONE. HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE. WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS OUTLINED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T NEED TO STAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD LUCK. OKAY. THE NEXT APPLICATION IS FOR A
[V.A.2 - Short Term Rental Application - Lee Barreras - 680 Old Hutchinson Mill Rd (APN 0591 000026A) 1st Reading - Vote Eligibl]
SPECIAL USE FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL. THE APPLICANT IS LABORERS. HER REPRESENTATIVE, MR. IS HERE, AND SHE DID SEND US AN EMAIL. THE PARCEL IS 0.84 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 680 OLD HUTCHISON MILL ROAD. THE CONDITIONS. THE PARCEL IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES. THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH THREE BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHROOMS. THE DWELLING TO BE USED FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 98FT FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE, 277FT FROM THE DWELLING TO THE NORTH, 72FT FROM THE DWELLING TO THE SOUTH AND 147FT FROM THE DWELLING. LOCATED ON THE PARCEL TO THE REAR.[00:05:05]
CONDITION. SPECIAL USE CONSIDERATION THE REQUEST WILL NOT GENERATE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEM WOULD ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC OF THIS TYPE. THE EXISTING UTILITIES, FACILITIES AND SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY AND ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATING USES IDENTICAL TO THE PROPOSED USE SERVED BY THE PUBLIC, WATER SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER AND SEPTIC. THE PROPERTY IS IN A SUBURBAN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA OF TROUP COUNTY. THE USE RELATED TO THE REQUEST SHOULD NOT FALL OUT OF LINE WITH ACTIVITIES CHARACTERISTIC OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS TYPE.THERE SHALL BE NO PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY AND NO AMPLIFIED SOUND OUTSIDE OF 10 P.M. BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE MARRIED. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT, OKAY. MINE'S WORKING, I GUESS.
NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. NO, WE CAN HEAR YOU. CAN THE AUDIENCE HEAR US? OKAY, OKAY. THE PROPOSED USE WOULD NOT HAVE A DETRIMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED USE WOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. STAFF AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY COMMENTS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF TWO OCCUPANTS PER BEDROOM AND TWO ADDITIONAL GUESTS, WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT GUESTS PER RENTAL PERIOD. WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR COMMENT TO ONLY TWO VEHICLES PER RENTAL PERIOD, BECAUSE THE DRIVEWAY IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN THAT DUE TO THE PARKING DESIGNATE. DESIGNATE ANOTHER LOCAL CONTACT IN ADDITION TO THE RENTAL AGENT LISTED ON THE APPLICATION, AND THEY DID PROVIDE US ONE RECENTLY. FIRE MARSHAL SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL FIRE LIFE SAFETY CODES AND TROUP COUNTY ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL TAX CERTIFICATE AND THE BUSINESS LICENSE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD NO COMMENTS. ROADS AND ENGINEERING. IT IS A LIMITED DRIVE. THE LIMITED DRIVEWAY SITE. DISTANCE TO THE EAST. TOTAL AVAILABLE PARKING SHOULD BE TWO SPACES. HEALTH, NOT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. NO COMMENTS. AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS ON FILE FOR THIS AREA. IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN AN OCCUPATIONAL TAX CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE A SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL. NO AMPLIFIED SOUNDS OUTSIDE AFTER 10 P.M. ANY PROPOSED DEVIATIONS FROM THE APPROVED SITE PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. NO PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. SIGNAGE MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TRUE SITE SIGN ORDINANCE. EXTERIOR LIGHTING SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SPILLOVERS ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTY. SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STAFF SLASH PUBLIC AGENCIES. COMMENTS. THE OWNERS AGREES TO USE HIS OR HER BEST EFFORTS TO ASSURE USE OF THE PREMISES BY SHORT TERM RENTAL OCCUPANTS. SO THAT THEY WILL NOT DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. THEY MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE BETWEEN OWNER AND OCCUPANTS. THEY MUST COMPLY WITH ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. IF ANY DEVIATION FROM THOSE, THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND EVICTION FROM THE PREMISES, WITH A POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF FINES LEVIED, MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE, MUST PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT TO TIME LIMITS. THE PERMIT WILL EXPIRE WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER NO LONGER OWNS THE PROPERTY OR DISCONTINUES THE USE. A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DOES NOT RESIDE WITH THE PARCEL. AND LASTLY, THEY MUST ABIDE BY THE ENTIRETY OF SECTION 7.6. COMMERCIAL USES NUMBER 15, SUBSECTION 15. A SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING AND VOTE ELIGIBLE. RUTH, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. HELP ME REMEMBER IN THE IN THE NEW ORDINANCE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, AS I RECALL, THERE'S A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT. I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE THE RESIDENCY
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REQUIREMENT IS. I REMEMBER IT WAS THREE, 12 MONTHS OR THREE OR LONGER. I REMEMBER READING THAT. YES, THREE YEARS, THREE YEARS. YES, HE'S BEEN THERE. SHE'S OWNED THAT PROPERTY FOR LONGER THAN THAT. I SEE THE APPLICANT IS IN FLORIDA. SHE IS NOW SHE THAT'S A SHE. SHE USED TO LIVE HERE AND THEN SHE MOVED TO FLORIDA. THEN SHE COMES HERE ON AND OFF, AND HER DRIVER'S LICENSE IS STILL LAGRANGE, GEORGIA. IN OUR ORDINANCE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY STATE THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE HERE. IT JUST STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY CARD FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS. THERE ARE STIPULATIONS THAT IF IT IS A NON OWNER OCCUPIED SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT THEY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THEY CAN RENT OUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. IF IT'S NOT OWNER OCCUPIED LIKE SIX MONTHS. NO, IT'S ABOUT 90. I BELIEVE IT'S 9202 OKAY. THREE. AND IF YOU OCCUPY IT IT'S 172 I BELIEVE. OKAY. OKAY. IS THAT IT? OKAY, SO THE APPLICANT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARDS OF THE STANDARD THAT WE'VE GOT HERE. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TOO MUCH, BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD? I HAVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. ASK AWAY. WHO IS THE GUEST CONTACT AND EVOLVE. WHERE WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED. IT'S EVOLVE LOCATED. THE CONTACT IS TINY. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY EVOLVE. IT IS TINY.IT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE. HOLD ON. LET ME GET THAT. WE GET HER REPRESENTATIVE UP HERE TO ANSWER THESE. YES. IT'S TINY TOWNS. IT'S HER, HER AGENT. AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE MR. RIGHT HERE AT THIS EVOLVE IS I THOUGHT EVOLVE IS THE COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY IS MORE LIKE AIRBNB. EVOLVE IS LIKE THAT. THEY HANDLE A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO THEY'RE NOT CANNOT REALLY BE OUR CONTACT. OKAY. AND THIS IS WHY WE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE ONE THAT'S LOCALLY HERE. AND THEN THEY GAVE HER GIVE US HER NAME. OKAY. OKAY. AMY. YEAH. YOU JUST TELL US YOUR NAME AND RELATIONSHIP, PLEASE. BUTLER LEE IS MY COUSIN OKAY? YOU'RE YOU LIVE HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHO IS THE LOCAL CONTACT GOING TO BE? IF THERE'S A SHEBANG THAT NEEDS TO GET SHUT DOWN? OKAY. TINY TOWNS GIRL, THAT ALSO HELPS. WHO IS TINY? TINY? IS SHE A TINY TOWN? IS REALLY A CLEANER FOR THAT. THEY CLEAN THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. SO ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A SOMEBODY HERE LOCAL THAT CAN GO OUT THERE AND GET THE POLICE OR DEPUTIES THERE IF WE'RE NEEDED.
OKAY. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A REAL BIG PARTY HOUSE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MAJOR ISSUE WITH THESE THINGS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS SEEING NONE. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
HOW WOULD WE LIKE TO PROPOSE THE VOTE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE HAS BEEN MADE WITH CONDITIONS WITH THE CONDITION OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS SHORT TERM. RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. IT LOOKS LIKE SO. SO HOW MANY DOES THAT LEAVE US AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY? BECAUSE WE I KNOW WE HAVE A LIMIT. SO IT'S 12 PER YEAR THAT WE CAN 12 PER YEAR THAT CAN COME BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL. SO THAT ADDS UP. SO AFTER 2 OR 3 YEARS, IF WE HAD 12 A YEAR, WE COULD HAVE 36 IN OPERATION. GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE GO AHEAD.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 12 SHORT TERM RENTALS IN OPERATION WITH THE ONE THAT GOT APPROVED ON TUESDAY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT OPERATE INSIDE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. OKAY. HOW MANY FOR THE YEAR? HOW MANY? SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE. THREE. SO THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE THEM DROP OFF. ALSO. THEY WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OVER THE YEARS AND WE DO HAVE THEM DROP OFF. DO THEY EVER TELL ANYBODY THEY'VE QUIT.
THEY DO. OKAY. AND THAT'S HOW. YEAH. HOW MANY WOULD YOU ESTIMATE GUESSTIMATE ARE OPERATING ILLEGALLY. OH MY GOSH. WE RUN AS AS A AS A DEPARTMENT. WE TRY AND RUN CHECKS OR WE DO RUN CHECKS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF EVERY SINGLE MONTH. I WILL SAY THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE,
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THERE HAS BEEN ON AVERAGE AT LEAST THREE A MONTH THAT WE THEN TAKE IN OR THREE. IT COULD BE THREE OF THE SAME. WE SEND THEM OR THREE DIFFERENT ONES. HONESTLY, IT JUST IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS. THE STEPS WE TAKE THOUGH IS WE DO SEND THEM LETTERS WITH THE PACKET ATTACHED FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND THEY, THEY MOST OF THE TIME DO COME IN AND APPLY.THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TIMES WHERE IT'S JUST BEEN TAKEN OFF OF AIRBNB AND VRBO, AND WE DON'T SEE THEM ANYMORE, BUT WE DO KEEP UP ON ILLEGAL ONES BY RUNNING CHECKS ON THEM. OKAY.
AND ALSO YOU HEAR RUMORS WITH THE TERMS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE WITH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN RENT IT FOR IF THEY DON'T LIVE HERE, THAT DOES DISSUADE. WE HAD ONE RECENTLY AND THEY WITHDREW IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ENOUGH DAYS THAT THEY COULD RENT IT FOR. SO THE ORDINANCE IS WORKING. IT'S ALLOWING ENOUGH, BUT NOT TOO MANY, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. NOT OVERRUN, BUT WE'RE ALLOWING THE BUSINESS. ALRIGHTY. WELL GOOD GOSH, LET'S GO HOME. LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF I CAN GET A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, CAMERAMAN. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. AND I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S
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