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File #: 20-6062   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 10/19/2020
Posting Language: BOA-20-10300086: A request by Lisa McCorquodale-Robalin for a Special Exception to allow one (1) Type 2 Short Term Rental, located at 430 East Myrtle Street. Staff recommends Denial. (Council District 1) (Kayla Leal, Senior Planner (210) 207-0197, kayla.leal@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)
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Case Number:
BOA-20-10300086
Applicant:
Lisa McCorquodale-Robalin
Owner:
Lisa McCorquodale-Robalin
Council District:|1010|Location:
430 East Myrtle Street
Legal Description:
Lot 18, Block 5, NCB 1752
Zoning:
"R-6 H AHOD" Residential Single-Family Tobin Hill Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Kayla Leal, Senior Planner

Request

A request for a Special Exception to allow one (1) Type 2 Short Term Rental per the UDC Section 35-482(i).

Executive Summary

The subject property is generally located north of downtown and is mid-block on East Myrtle Street between McCullough Avenue and North St. Mary's Street. The property currently has a single-family home. Immediately surrounding uses include single-family and multi-family residential. There are also some commercial and office uses in close proximity along McCullough Avenue and North St. Mary's Street. The property owner and applicant currently reside on the abutting property to the west. There is currently no Type 2 STR Permit issued for the subject property. There are six (6) Type 2 STR Permits issued for the blockface.

The applicant is seeking a special exception to allow for the operation of one (1) Type 2 short term rental unit at a property with a total of one (1) dwelling unit. A unit is defined as having its own distinct sleeping area, kitchen, and bathroom. Type 2 indicates that the owner/operator of the property does not occupy the site as their permanent legal residence.

Per the recently adopted code, Type 2 Short Term Rentals shall be limited to no more than one-eighth (12.5 percent) of the total number of single-family, duplex, triplex, or quadplex units on the block face. At least one (1) Type 2 Short Term Rental shall be permitted per block face, regardless of the total number of units on the block face.

In this case, the block face is defined as the south side of East Myrtle Street between McCullough Avenue and North St. Mary's Street. There are 33 lots along this block face, a...

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