Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
AMZ
Agenda Item Title
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First Reading of An Ordinance Amending Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing") of the Oak Park Village Code by Adding a New Article 40 ("Short-Term Rentals")
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Overview
Overview
This Ordinance creates a licensing framework for the leasing, renting, and letting of short-term rental dwelling units that are inspected and approved by the Village, provides for standards of operation, and limits the maximum number of persons allowable in a short-term rental unit.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
Since the exact number of short-term rental units located within the Village is not yet known, staff is unable to calculate the revenue that will be collected from the licensing framework, if approved by the Village Board.
It should also be noted that the Village's 4.0% Transient Occupancy Rental Unit Tax applies to short-term rentals. Below is a summary of collections by year, since imposition of the municipal transient occupancy rental unit tax:
2016 (collections for November and December, 2016 only) = $2,552.16
2017= $30,131.71
2018= $49,435.61
2019= $79,837.60
2020= $37,641.02
2021 (collections through May, 2021) = $33,578.18
Background
The short-term residential rental trend came into prominence in 2007 and offered benefits such as tourism to the Village, economic benefit to property owners, and, in 2016, collection of municipal transient occupancy rental unit tax.
Although the majority of the short-term rental units are run without any issues, complaints were received at several short-term rental properties where large parties were being held, trash had accumulated, excessive noise complaints were filed, and the occupancy limits were being exceeded. On May 23, 2021, Oak Park Police responded to an incident involving a gun fire at an Airbnb rental property in the Village.
In the interest o...
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