City of Colorado Springs - File #: CPC AP 21-00157

• File #: CPC AP 21-00157
• Version: 4
• Name: STR 116 South 14th Street
• Type: Planning Case
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 10/12/2021
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 1/25/2022
• Final action: 1/25/2022
• Title: An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to uphold the administrative denial of the Short Term Rental permits for 116 South Fourteenth Street for an ownership change, pursuant to City Code Section 7.5.1702.B and 7.5.1704.C, and that the appellant has not substantiated that the appeal satisfies the review criteria outlined in City Code Section 7.5.906.B. (Quasi-Judicial) Presenter: Carli Hiben, Program Coordinator Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development
• Indexes: Appeals, Short Term Rental

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/25/2022	4	City Council	withdrawn	Pass
1/11/2022	4	City Council	postpone to a date certain	Pass
12/14/2021	3	City Council	postpone to a date certain	Pass
11/23/2021	2	City Council	postpone to a date certain	Pass
10/21/2021	1	Planning Commission	approved	Pass

Title
An appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to uphold the administrative denial of the Short Term Rental permits for 116 South Fourteenth Street for an ownership change, pursuant to City Code Section 7.5.1702.B and 7.5.1704.C, and that the appellant has not substantiated that the appeal satisfies the review criteria outlined in City Code Section 7.5.906.B.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Presenter:
Carli Hiben, Program Coordinator
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Community Development

Body
Summary:
Owner/Applicant: 14th Street Ltd
Original Appellant to City Planning Commission: 14th Street Ltd
Location: 116 S Fourteenth Street; located on the west side of South Fourteenth Street, southwest of West Colorado Avenue and northeast of West Cucharras Street.

The owner of 116 S Fourteenth Street is appealing the City Planning Commission's decision to uphold the administrative denial of the Short Term Rental permit for 116 S Fourteenth Street due to an ownership change pursuant to City Code Section 7.5.1702.B. The appellant is not eligible for a new Short Term Rental permit as they are designated as being non-owner occupied and active non-owner occupied Short Term Rentals are within the established 500' buffer, pursuant to Section 7.5.1704.C.

Previous Council Action:
N/A

Background:
Timeline of the denial of the Short Term Rental (STR) applications:

The non-owner occupied STR permits for 116 South Fourteenth Street expired on September 30, 2021 (STR-1003) and October 31, 2021 (STR-1246). The STR permits were originally issued in September 2019 (STR-1003) and October 2019 (STR-1246). As required, renewals in 2020 and 2021 were submitted prior to expiration.

An STR Renewal application for STR-1003 was submitted on September 20, 2021. Staff was not aware of nor notified of the previous ownership transfer and learned that it had occurred while reviewing the recent renewal application. Pursuant to City Code Section 7.5.1702.B, STR permits expire u...